Author Archives: The Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - An eccentric Canadian fashion mogul who has applied for bail in Winnipeg while facing sex charges in the United States says he's not getting the nourishment he needs while behind bars.Peter...

EDMONTON - Team Canada was the steamrolling, bullyboy juggernaut of the world junior hockey championship until they ran into a pugnacious U.S. team Tuesday that knocked them off 2-0 to win gold. The U...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that his economic development plans have failed as he opened the nation's first full ruling party congress in five years, state med...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's state-owned electrical power company acknowledged Tuesday it presented a falsified brush fire report to explain a widespread blackout in December. The Federal Electricity Commis...

KENOSHA, Wis. - A Wisconsin prosecutor declined Tuesday to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha, concluding he couldn't disprove the officer's conten...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021.There are 618,646 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 618,646 confirmed cases (78,849 active, 523,5...

ATLANTA - Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach. ...

DANNEMORA, N.Y. - Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda will be eligible for release from prison next month, the New York State Department of Corrections said on Monday. Shmurda, whose legal name is Ackquille...

Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territo...

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories has released its plan for when residents of its 33 communities will receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The N.W.T. received 7,200 doses last week and administ...