Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Former grocery executive Darrell Jones considers run for B.C. Conservative leadership
VICTORIA - A former grocery executive known for offering weekly deals says he is taking out a flyer on becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. Darrell Jones, former president of the...
Dec 15, 2025
Teen admits to splashing Saskatoon schoolmate with lighter fluid, setting her on fire
SASKATOON - It was a teen friendship that spiralled into obsession and threats before one girl -- in a school hallway with a squirt of igniter fluid and a lighter -- burned another girl so badly that ...
Dec 15, 2025
Fraser Valley flood cleanup begins, as latest blast of rain swells B.C. rivers
The cleanup is starting in British Columbia's Fraser Valley as water that flowed across the border from the Nooksack River in Washington state recedes, but the flood threat remains for several B.C. ri...
Dec 15, 2025
Anti-doping agency asks court to declare privacy watchdog's probe out of bounds
OTTAWA - The World Anti-Doping Agency is challenging the legal basis of the federal privacy watchdog's investigation into the agency's handling of biological samples collected from athletes. The offic...
Dec 15, 2025
Quebec family doctors voting on new deal after province backtracks on reforms
MONTREAL - Quebec family doctors have until Friday to vote on a deal that would see the provincial government back down on several controversial reforms in a new law that changes how physicians are pa...
Dec 15, 2025
COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers with the Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANC...
Dec 15, 2025
COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers with the Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANC...
Dec 15, 2025
Rabbi killed in Australia Hanukkah attack was 'very special,' Toronto relative says
TORONTO - A rabbi killed in the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia is being remembered by family members in Toronto for his positivity and commitment to bringing Judaism to others. E...
Dec 15, 2025
3 children died from flu complications this month in Ottawa area: health units
Ottawa's top doctor says the death of three children in the region over the past two weeks from influenza-related complications is unusual and could signify a difficult flu season ahead. Ottawa and Ea...
Dec 15, 2025
Brian Walshe found guilty of murdering his wife, who disappeared nearly 3 years ago
BOSTON (AP) - Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of killing his wife, whose body has never been found after she disappeared from their Massachusetts home on New Year's Day nearly three years ago. An...
Dec 15, 2025
