Category Archives: The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement in provincial correctional facilities over a period of 20 year...

MONTREAL - Franois Legault announced on Wednesday he will step down as Quebec premier when the Coalition Avenir Qubec - the party he co-founded in 2011 - chooses his replacement. The departure of Lega...

SAALBACH - Canadian para skier Alexis Guimond won gold in the men's standing downhill race at a World Cup stop Wednesday. Guimond, from Gatineau, Que., finished first in a time of 54.91 seconds to nar...

QUBEC - Tributes to departing Quebec Premier Franois Legault started coming in from across the country on Wednesday shortly after the co-founder of the Coalition Avenir Qubec party said he would leave...

A look at NorthStar, Canada's entry in the 2026 Rolex SailGP Championship: Owner: Greg Bailey. The Toronto native, a former emergency physician, is co-founder of biotech company Juvenescence, a clinic...

The 2026 Rolex SailGP Championship opens this weekend in Australia, kicking off a five-continent, 13-race season that includes a June 20-21 stop in Halifax. NorthStar carries Canada colours in the fie...

TORONTO - A new study says female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients than their male colleagues and in many cases earn less money as a result. The research, published in the Canad...

MONTREAL - From founding a successful airline to creating a political party that won back-to-back majority mandates, Franois Legault is stepping down as Quebec premier with a reputation as a builder a...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodrguez signaled Wednesday that the country would continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicols Maduro in what she d...

TORONTO - Four people are pledging a combined $1.2 million in bail for an Ontario man accused of playing a pivotal role in a violent criminal organization by laundering hundreds of millions of dollars...