Author Archives: The Canadian Press

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:55 p.m. Alberta's chief medical health officer is reporting 461 new COVID-19 diagnoses and eight related deaths in the past 24...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut communities on the northern tip of Baffin Island are speaking out against the proposed expansion of an open-pit iron ore mine that would include construction of a railroad, ...

An Ontario judge says he's wrestling with the issue of whether to order a woman and her three children to honour a family custody agreement by returning to Ontario or allow them to remain in Newfoundl...

OTTAWA - Taxpayers will continue paying Julie Payette a generous pension and an even heftier expense account for the rest of her life, even though she served just three years as governor general and r...

WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation said Satur...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The fugitive leader of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region has reportedly made his first public comments in three months, urging the international community to investigate alleged "gen...

JERUSALEM - An Israeli soldier on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian suspected of attempting an attack on troops in the West Bank, the Israeli army said. The army said in a statement that "an armed assail...

WUHAN, China - A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infect...

JERUSALEM - Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz's office announced Sun...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot fo...