Author Archives: The Canadian Press

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says after the last four years, he's confident Canada can safely navigate the perils of Joe Biden's new protectionist Buy American regime. Trudeau ...

LONDON - More than 100,000 people have died in the United Kingdom after contracting the coronavirus, a year into Europe's deadliest outbreak, figures from the government showed Tuesday. Britain is the...

OTTAWA - Ongoing tensions between the provinces and the federal government over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic pivoted back Tuesday to the question of whether and how border controls can be t...

LONDON - For nine months, Gordon Bonner has been in the "hinterlands of despair and desolation" after losing his wife of 63 years to the coronavirus pandemic that has now taken the lives of more than ...

PepsiCo and Beyond Meat are creating a joint venture to develop snacks and drinks made from plant-based proteins. The companies didn't reveal what kinds of products they will make Tuesday, saying they...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:15 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 407 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total number of confirmed active infections t...

QUEBEC - The 24-year-old man accused in the Quebec City Halloween night sword attack appeared briefly before a judge Tuesday. Carl Girouard appeared by video conference in a Quebec City courtroom as t...

NEW YORK - Canadian author Souvankham Thammavongsa's "How to Pronounce Knife" is among this year's fiction finalists for the U.S.-based National Book Critics Circle prizes. The critics circle announce...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence rose in January as Americans became more optimistic about the future. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index increased to 89.3, ...

HALIFAX - In a bizarre case of mistaken identity, Halifax police blamed unnamed "partner" agencies Tuesday for providing erroneous information that led to the arrest of a local doctor who was wrongly ...