Category Archives: The Canadian Press

SQUAMISH - The red shell of a Volkswagen Beetle has been removed from the steep rock face where it was suspended above Highway 99 in Squamish, B.C., in an apparent prank. A statement from the Environm...

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A man fatally shot a central California sheriff's deputy Thursday morning while authorities were serving an eviction notice and was killed by officers after an hourslong sta...

WHITEHORSE, YUKON, CANADA - The Yukon government has issued a formal apology for a Whitehorse elementary school's repeated and routine use of restraints and confinement against students for more than ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the country's mining as it seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been...

TORONTO - A man who admitted his role in the massive gold and cash heist from Toronto's Pearson airport has been sentenced to four years in prison. Court documents show that 44-year-old Arslan Chaudha...

British Columbia's latest snow survey and water supply bulletin says the provincial average snowpack is sitting at about 92 per cent of what's considered normal, an improvement over the 79 per cent av...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend, following an earlier call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a paus...

OTTAWA - Environment and Climate Change Canada will use artificial intelligence to make its weather forecasts more accurate, the federal department said Thursday. It plans to launch a hybrid model thi...

SURREY - A man has been arrested by police in Surrey, B.C., in an investigation into illegal manufacturing of 3D printed firearms. Police say the investigation began in March when officers learned of ...

The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations we...