Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Three Surrey cases are related, but not clear yet if they involve extortion: police
VICTORIA - Police in Surrey, B.C., say shots fired at a residence and two vehicle fires Sunday morning are connected, but it is not clear whether they involve extortion. A statement from the Surrey Po...
Dec 07, 2025
RCMP say a woman died in single-vehicle collision near Golden Ears Bridge
VICTORIA - Police in British Columbia say they are investigating a fatal vehicle collision near a well-known bridge across the Fraser River. A statement from Ridge Meadows RCMP serving the area around...
Dec 07, 2025
Surrey Police Service say a nine-year-old has died after collision with large vehicle
VICTORIA - Police in Surrey, B.C. say that the nine-year-old child involved in a vehicle collision Friday afternoon has died. Surrey Police Service says in a statement released Sunday morning that the...
Dec 07, 2025
Interim leader Halford says Conservatives will "work co-operatively" to repeal DRIPA
VICTORIA - The interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. says Premier David Eby must immediately recall the legislature to repeal the province's Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peop...
Dec 07, 2025
Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller
OTTAWA - Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer. He was 66. Thorne spent mu...
Dec 07, 2025
Air Transat to start halting flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice
MONTREAL - Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday morning, issuing a 72-hour notice to the struggling company on the cusp of the busy holiday travel season. The Air Line P...
Dec 07, 2025
Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere
OTTAWA - Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a new report from the Canadian Council for the Americas. "Latin America is the neglected ... close cousin of Canada,"...
Dec 07, 2025
Canada's crypto tax crackdown reaps millions. So why no criminal charges?
VANCOUVER - A team of Canada Revenue Agency "cryptoasset auditors" has been mining a rich seam of unpaid taxes, working on more than 200 files and reaping more $100 million in the last three years. Wh...
Dec 07, 2025
Benin's interior minister says a coup announced earlier has been foiled
COTONOU, Benin (AP) - A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been "foiled," the interior minister said in a video on Facebook. "In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of...
Dec 07, 2025
A fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state kills at least 25, officials say
NEW DELHI (AP) - At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnigh...
Dec 06, 2025
