Author Archives: The Canadian Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Jack Palladino, the private investigator who worked on high-profile cases ranging from the Jonestown mass suicides to celebrity and political scandals, has been placed on life support ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The bands Rick Estrin & the Nightcats and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones have each received five nominations for the annual Blues Music Awards. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, The Blu...

SAN RAMON, Calif. - In pop culture, 2020 has been understandably reviled as the "hell year." It tormented us with a lethal pandemic spiraling out of control, thousands of shuttered businesses, violent...

LOS ANGELES - As a hospice nurse, Antonio Espinoza worked to ease people's passage into death. Just 36 years old, it seemed unlikely he soon would be on that journey. But when the unpredictable corona...

Ever heard of the band Sparks? If you haven't, you're not alone. If you have, it's not unlikely that they're one of your favourite bands. The pop rock duo formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael has i...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:45 p.m. Nunavut is reporting a new case of COVID-19. The case is in the Hudson Bay community of Arviat, where there are now 18...

EDMONTON - What business school teaches in four years, Jacob Faithful says he learned in four months. The Alberta man from the Frog Lake First Nations says he's worked through several headaches that c...

LONDON - Sophie, the Grammy-nominated Scottish disc jockey, producer and recording artist who had worked with the likes of Madonna and Charli XCX, has died following an accident in the Greek capital o...

OTTAWA - A leading Canadian health expert on the federal government's COVID-19 Task Force says the pandemic should be viewed as a wake-up call for Canada to create its own domestic vaccine manufacturi...

OTTAWA - As the Trudeau government ponders adding more right-wing groups to a federal terrorism blacklist, long-standing opponents of the process are urging officials to find more democratic and trans...