Author Archives: The Canadian Press

EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton say they are investigating two separate hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women on the same day. The first took place around noon on Wednesday at the University of Al...

ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York judge ruled Friday that Republican Claudia Tenney defeated U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in the nation's last undecided congressional race. The ruling by Judge Scot...

New Orleans bars will be shut down, even for takeout service, throughout next week's Mardi Gras weekend - usually among their busiest times of the year - in an attempt to slow the spread of coronaviru...

MONTREAL - Representatives of Pornhub told a parliamentary committee Friday they didn't know if they had been contacted by a woman who said she struggled to have a video of her removed from the popula...

HALIFAX - A public backlash has forced the Halifax Transit authority to scrap plans for a Valentine's Day contest it called "Love in Transit." When the municipal agency asked the public to share stori...

WASHINGTON - America's employers barely added jobs last month, underscoring the viral pandemic's ongoing grip on the economy and likely adding momentum to the Biden administration's push for a bold re...

JERUSALEM - The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, potentially clearing the way for its chief prosecutor ...

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled in favour of a group of Hassidic Jews who had challenged the province's COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings. The ruling delivered today by ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A 1,600-pound (725-kilogram) steer has been reported roaming the streets of Rhode Island's capital. Workers with Rhode Island Beef & Veal told WJAR-TV that a wholesaler lost con...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the province's foothills and mountains from coal mines. The mo...