Author Archives: The Canadian Press

VICTORIA - A coalition of British Columbia tourism industry groups is urging the province against considering a domestic travel ban, saying restricting travel between provinces to fight COVID-19 would...

Canada's procurement minister urged drugmaker Pfizer-BioNTech to get the country's COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule back on track as soon as possible as cases of the novel coronavirus surged past th...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):6:45 p.m.Canada's national COVID-19 case count has surpassed 700,000.Seven provinces recorded more than 6,400 new infections toda...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. However, one of the two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each that were offered was claimed by a ticke...

IQALUIT - A sliver of orange rose over Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, earlier this week, tinting the sky pink and the snow a purple hue. The sun washed over the frozen tundra and sparkling sea ice for an hou...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda's electoral commission said Saturday that President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth five-year term, extending his rule to four decades, while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine d...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany's most populous state, as its new leader Saturday. The choice sent a signal of continuity ...

WASHINGTON - Some pomp. Very different circumstances. Inauguration day is supposed to be a star-spangled showcase of inalienable democratic spirit, the sort of patriotic, bunting-festooned display tha...

EL TERRERO, Mexico - In the birthplace of Mexico's vigilante "self-defence" movement, a new group has emerged entirely made up of women, who carry assault rifles and post roadblocks to fend off what t...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is likely to start after Joe Biden's inauguration, and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether to ...