Author Archives: The Canadian Press

Canada has seen nearly a 30 per cent drop in active COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks, but the country's chief public health officer says strict measures should remain in place as more contagious...

OTTAWA - Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not, Procurement Minister Anita An...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. Security Council strongly backed a return to democracy in Myanmar on Thursday and called for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all those arbitrarily detained ...

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned of "tough months ahead" with COVID-19 continuing to flare, making it critical that Congress pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package....

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dr. Amy Acton, the former state health director who became the face of Ohio's early pandemic response, has stepped down from her non-profit position to "carefully explore" running as ...

NEW YORK - The breakout hit of this year's Sundance Film Festival is set to expand the conversation about diversity in Hollywood. "CODA," which stands for "Child of Deaf Adults," invites viewers into ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 5:45 p.m. Alberta is reporting 582 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 additional deaths due to the virus. The province says hospitaliz...

There isn't much left in Amber Valley. There's a community hall, a few homes and a cemetery. Former residents say people driving by on the highway might not even notice it's there. But they quickly ad...

NEW YORK - After the format worked for HBO and Netflix, "Dateline NBC" is trying its own version of a multi-part true crime drama this month. The newsmagazine premieres "The Widower," about a Las Vega...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from home due to the pande...