Category Archives: The Canadian Press
News of Catherine O'Hara's rectal cancer brings hope of more awareness
A British Columbia woman treated for colorectal cancer says she hopes news that Canadian acting legend Catherine O'Hara had rectal cancer when she died will help more people realize how common the can...
Feb 10, 2026
10 dead, including female suspect, in 'devastating' shootings at B.C. school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before ...
Feb 10, 2026
10 dead, including female suspect, in 'devastating' shootings at B.C. school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before ...
Feb 10, 2026
Homicide-suicide ruling in 2023 deaths of family in Prince Rupert, B.C.
BURNABY - The jury in a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert in 2023 has found that they died of homicide and suicide, and recommended that police be...
Feb 10, 2026
Homicide-suicide ruling in 2023 deaths of family in Prince Rupert, B.C.
BURNABY - The jury in a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert in 2023 has found that they died of homicide and suicide, and recommended that police be...
Feb 10, 2026
Man convicted of killing a traveling salesman becomes first person executed in Florida this year
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar has become the first person executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounc...
Feb 10, 2026
Search underway for man seen entering the water off a B.C. ferry
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they're investigating the disappearance of a man believed to have gone overboard into the Strait of Georgia during a ferry sailing. A statement from the RCMP say...
Feb 10, 2026
Ottawa 'probably' will announce winner of submarine contract this year: MP
OTTAWA - The federal government may name the winner of the heated competition to supply the navy with a fleet of new submarines as soon as this year. Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procu...
Feb 10, 2026
CAQ leadership candidate Fréchette promises to revive fast-track immigration program
QUBEC - Christine Frchette, leadership candidate for the Coalition Avenir Qubec, is promising to revive a popular fast-track immigration program that her government had recently ended. She says if she...
Feb 10, 2026
Procurement minister says loans to Canada Post aren't a 'long-term solution'
OTTAWA - Federal Procurement Minister Jol Lightbound is defending the government's latest $1 billion loan to Canada Post but says federal support can't be a "long-term solution" for the Crown corporat...
Feb 10, 2026
