Category Archives: The Canadian Press

BEIJING (AP) - As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime U.S. ally away from their rival, at least a bit. China's state me...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor...

Before the latest anti-government protests in Iran began, Shadi Dashmiz was in contact with her father every day, exchanging calls, texts and pictures. But she suddenly lost touch with the 70-year-old...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia legislator Teresa Wat says she cried upon hearing of the impending closure of Ming Pao Daily News, the only Chinese-language daily newspaper in Canada. Wat, who worked as ...

OTTAWA - Gaye and Jim O'Neill have spent countless hours thinking about their daughter's final hours in April 2023. It's a memory they say they'd wish on no one - and it's the reason why they joined a...

GIMLI - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tuesday to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky, and wrote Ford's name on a barrel outside the plant north of Winnipeg ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her dea...

QUBEC - Quebec's scandal-plagued auto insurance board has been hit with another blow, this time from an independent government agency that oversees the province's public procurement markets. The Autor...

MONTREAL - The CEO of a planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City says construction on the eastern and western parts of the line is expected to begin by 2032. Following a speech ...

Social media posts this month claimed a mountain lion played with toys and got high on catnip after breaking into a Colorado pet store. In fact, the shop pictured in the post appears to be an Edmonton...