January 18, 2020

OTTAWA — Canada's auditor general is examining how the government manages billions of dollars in the Canada Student Loans program, and whether it's helping students be ...

January 18, 2020

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reviving his practice of holding periodic cabinet retreats outside the nation's capital — an exercise in regional outreach that his ...

January 18, 2020

TORONTO — A single winning ticket was sold in Ontario for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.The draw also offered two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million ...

January 18, 2020

HOUSTON, B.C. — A natural gas pipeline project has polarized many communities across northern British Columbia in a dispute a Wet'suwet'en elder says he hopes will be ...

January 18, 2020

A spectacular swath of mountains, glaciers and forests once proposed for a ski resort is being turned over to the First Nations people who have lived there for centuries....

January 17, 2020

Boeing is working to fix a newly discovered problem with software powering up on the 737 Max, adding to the list of tasks the aircraft maker faces to get the grounded plane ...

January 17, 2020

PASADENA, Calif. — Hillary Rodham Clinton has advice for Democratic voters faced with an unsettled field of presidential contenders: pick a winner."This is an election that ...

January 17, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Melissa McCarthy are among the presenters for Saturday’s Producers Guild of America Awards.The guild announced Friday that other ...

January 17, 2020

TORONTO — An American civilian court has refused to order a military court to decide an appeal from former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr.In a brief decision this week, ...

January 17, 2020

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal advocates for his Senate impeachment trial will include a pair of well-known attorneys who have vigorously defended Trump on ...

January 17, 2020

MONTREAL — Groups battling Quebec's secularism law in court have applied to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal a decision refusing to suspend the law pending a ...

January 17, 2020

OTTAWA — Canada will respect any decision by the Iraqi government to expel foreign troops from the country, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Friday, even as reports ...

January 17, 2020

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States are accusing Crown attorneys of relying on American sanction law to make its case for ...

January 17, 2020

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge says a mentally ill man who killed his wife is entitled to the proceeds of her life insurance policy because he was found not criminally ...

January 17, 2020

Two Ontario men and three others have been indicted in the United States in connection with an alleged smuggling scheme investigators say aimed to support Pakistan's nuclear ...

January 17, 2020

EDMONTON — Three provincial Metis nations are asking the federal government to negotiate directly with them on issues of self-government and not through their national ...

January 17, 2020

BAGHDAD — Two protesters were killed and over a dozen wounded in central Baghdad on Friday in renewed violence between anti-government demonstrators and Iraqi security forces...

January 17, 2020

CALGARY — The mayor of Calgary says a motion to ban the "insidious" practice of conversion therapy is to be brought before a council committee early next week with a vote ...

January 17, 2020

MONTREAL — The RCMP says a Quebec man has been charged in connection to alleged online threats made against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Muslim community.Andre Audet...

January 17, 2020

TORONTO — A man convicted of raping a sleeping woman has had his sentence reduced because the judge wrongly decided he had planned the crime.In its unanimous decision, the ...

January 17, 2020

OTTAWA — Canada is still vying to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council but it's already warming up the chair with a plan to hire trainers for Canadian ...

January 17, 2020

NEW YORK — A jury of seven men and five women was selected Friday for Harvey Weinstein's rape trial after an arduous, two-week process in which scores of people were ...

January 17, 2020

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday broke nearly 72 hours of silence over alleged surveillance and threats to the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, saying ...

January 17, 2020

MONTREAL — A Quebec man was charged Friday in the slaying of his wife while their six children were present in their home.Benoit Cardinal, 33, was charged with second-degree ...

January 17, 2020

LONDON — Christopher Tolkien, who played a major role protecting the legacy of his father's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, has died. He was 95.The Tolkien Society and ...

January 17, 2020

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has assembled a made-for-TV legal team for his Senate trial that includes household names like Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose ...

January 17, 2020

ROME — Italian prosecutors say that experts have determined that a painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery's walls is Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of a Lady."A ...

January 17, 2020

PIACENZA, Italy — Art experts have confirmed that a painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery's walls last month is Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of a Lady," which ...

January 17, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Scarlett Johansson, Sterling K. Brown and Taika Waititi will be up for Screen Actors Guild Awards and also handing them out at Sunday’s ceremony.They’re part of...

January 17, 2020

BERLIN — A court in Germany has ruled that the owner of a chicken that was mauled to death by a dog in 2017 deserves a higher payout because the hen was trained and had TV ...

January 17, 2020

WASHINGTON — Construction of new homes surged in December to the highest level in 13 years, capping a year in which falling mortgage rates and a strong labour market helped ...

January 17, 2020

OTTAWA — Families of the Canadian victims on the Ukrainian passenger jet shot down over Iran last week will receive $25,000 each to help with immediate costs they have for ...

January 17, 2020

LONDON — Will the real Robert Shapiro please take the microphone?BBC radio presenter Evan Davis was left in an embarrassing situation Thursday while introducing a segment on ...

January 17, 2020

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. POLITICAL STAKES HIGH AS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL LOOMS The trial, only the...

January 17, 2020

PARIS — The restaurant of French chef Paul Bocuse, who died two years ago, has lost one of its Michelin stars after holding three since 1965, a world record.The Michelin ...

January 17, 2020

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 17 ... What...

January 17, 2020

Rapper Eminem once again dropped a surprise album, releasing "Music to Be Murdered By" on Friday — along with a video that calls for changes to gun laws.The follow-up to 2018...

January 17, 2020

It was only a few years ago that Shaho Shahbazpanahi remembers moving his friend Razgar Rahimi and his young family into their home. He's now trying to figure out what to do...

January 17, 2020

OTTAWA — The federal government is studying the best options for Indigenous communities to reap economic benefits from the Trans Mountain pipeline but Ottawa is not planning ...

January 17, 2020

Canada's chief public health officer says more children are being hospitalized this flu season because of an early spike in a strain of influenza B, which hits young people...

January 17, 2020

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court has sentenced 86 members of a radical Islamist party to 55-year prison terms each for taking part in violent rallies in 2018 over the acquittal ...

January 17, 2020

TAGAYTAY, Philippines — An erupting Philippine volcano remains life threatening despite weaker emissions and fewer tremors, an official said Friday and advised thousands of ...

January 17, 2020

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected his prime minister's offer to resign and asked him to stay on the job Friday after he was caught on tape ...

January 17, 2020

BEIJING — As the Lunar New Year approaches, Chinese travellers flocked to train stations and airports Friday to take part in a nationwide ritual: the world's biggest annual ...

January 17, 2020

WASHINGTON — Selfies on a "Women for Trump" bus tour through Iowa. Volunteer training at a "Black Voices for Trump" organizing session in Philadelphia. A vice-presidential ...

January 17, 2020

TOKYO — Japan's environment minister became father to a boy and is going ahead with his planned paternity leave — still a rarity in Japan where men are under pressure to put ...

January 17, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he...

January 17, 2020

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s foreign minister said on Friday she had raised with her Iranian counterpart the fate of an imprisoned Australian-British academic, who has ...

January 17, 2020

BEIJING — A second person has died from a new coronavirus that has caused an outbreak of pneumonia in central China, health authorities said.A 69-year-old man surnamed Xiong ...

January 17, 2020

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Border security forces in southern Mexico were preparing Friday for the expected arrival of hundreds of Central Americans travelling through ...

January 16, 2020

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladeshi island regularly submerged by monsoon rains is ready to house 100,000 Rohingya refugees, but no date has been announced to relocate people ...

January 16, 2020

LAS TUNAS, Cuba — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said he does not believe the Trump administration would drop sanctions on the island in exchange for concessions from his ...

January 16, 2020

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Mara listens to her trainer say "up, down, blow," obediently raising her trunk so a saline solution can be introduced, then lowering it and ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony Thursday — senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of "...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — As long as they are rivals, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders couldn't stay friends forever.The White House hopefuls and longtime allies have spent the past ...

January 16, 2020

LAS VEGAS — Driving on any freeway in Las Vegas, you’re likely to see Tom Steyer’s face. Turn on the radio, you might hear his voice. Turn on the television, you’ll probably ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple's first ...

January 16, 2020

NEW YORK — The Recording Academy has placed Deborah Dugan, its president and CEO of just six months, on administrative leave following an allegation of misconduct by a senior...

January 16, 2020

BEIJING — China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low in 2019 as Beijing fought a tariff war with Washington, but forecasters said a U.S.-Chinese trade truce might...

January 16, 2020

CHICAGO — Two gunmen fired through the window of a Chicago barbershop Thursday evening, injuring three juveniles and two adults who were getting their hair cut, police ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department will begin restricting news organizations' use of economic data by barring computers from the rooms where reporters receive such data before...

January 16, 2020

NEW YORK — Paying subscribers of NBCUniversal's upcoming Peacock streaming service will get Premier League soccer matches unavailable on TV and late-night shows from Jimmy ...

January 16, 2020

SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a severely limited version of Gov. Jay Inslee's plan to cap carbon pollution in the state, a decision the ...

January 16, 2020

DETROIT — Starbucks has a point to prove: There's more to the company than selling $4 lattes to rich people.The Seattle-based coffee giant that has cultivated a reputation ...

January 16, 2020

Text messages, social media posts and video are playing an increasingly central role in the investigation and prosecution of sexual crimes, but experts say digital evidence ...

January 16, 2020

PARIS — A French filmmaker has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of an actress when she was 15.Director Christophe Ruggia received the preliminary charge Thursday ...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has shut down British Columbia's attempt to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.The B.C. ...

January 16, 2020

RENO, Nev. — A pigeon wearing a tiny sombrero in Reno, Nevada, was discovered following sightings of its cowboy hat-wearing cousins in Las Vegas, a city manager said.Reno ...

January 16, 2020

Parks Canada has brought in new rules for climbers on the country's highest peak after having to rescue eight people in seven years.The rules, which are posted on the ...

January 16, 2020

A giant beanstalk that penetrated a cloud-patterned sky-blue ceiling at Louis Vuitton's exhibition caused VIPs — including model Bella Hadid and actors Daniel Kaluuya and ...

January 16, 2020

FREDERICTON — A British couple is hoping to break through a glass ceiling with a balloon flight from Canada to Europe this summer.If the trip is successful, Deborah Day would...