Author Archives: The Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair will return court in mid-April to face charges related to two separate sexual assault cases. Boisclair was not in court today when the judge fi...

OTTAWA - The Heritage Ministry says it's reviewing the results of an independent investigation into harassment allegations at the Canadian Museum of History. The ministry revealed no details, citing t...

TORONTO - The controversial head of the council responsible for handling complaints against federal judges has retired.In a statement Thursday, the Canadian Judicial Council said Norman Sabourin, exec...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's unemployment agency was warned early in the pandemic about an increase in fraudulent jobless claims yet waited four months before it made any substantive changes to i...

TORONTO - The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. In ur...

WINNIPEG - A police officer will not be criminally charged for fatally shooting an Indigenous teenager who was driving a stolen vehicle last spring. The unnamed Winnipeg officer fired two bullets at E...

WASHINGTON - The Christian imagery and rhetoric on view during this month's Capitol insurrection are sparking renewed debate about the societal effects of melding Christian faith with an exclusionary ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. - Apple CEO Tim Cook fired off a series of thinly veiled shots at Facebook and other social media companies Thursday, escalating an online privacy battle pitting the iPhone maker aga...

General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral, including operations, five years after that. The Detroit ...

MONTREAL - Concordia University says it has modified information provided to students in an art history course after one student said he was surprised to discover the professor delivering the video le...