Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Independent report into Quebec Liberal vote-buying allegations due in January 2026
QUBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says a retired judge hired to investigate allegations of cash payments during the party's leadership race will have to submit a report by the end of January 2026. The ...
Nov 29, 2025
Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza ministry says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed ...
Nov 29, 2025
Study says Canada is too lax on civilian oversight of the military
OTTAWA - Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament's rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies. That c...
Nov 29, 2025
The NDP leadership candidates have some ambitious ideas — here are some of them
OTTAWA - The five NDP leadership candidates all agree on the need to revitalize the party's grassroots and build up riding associations as the party recovers from its near-wipeout in the April electio...
Nov 29, 2025
Four captured grizzlies not linked to attack on B.C. schoolchildren: officials
BELLA COOLA - B.C. conservation officers have ruled out any link between four captured grizzly bears and a recent attack on a group of schoolchildren and their teachers. The B.C. Conservation Officer ...
Nov 28, 2025
Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rises to 248, authorities say
AGAM, Indonesia (AP) - Rescue workers in Indonesia struggled on Saturday to reach victims in several devastated areas that were hit by an earthquake and floods, and authorities feared the confirmed de...
Nov 28, 2025
B.C. dairy milk testers on strike, call for fair mileage compensation: union
BURNABY - The BC General Employees Union says dairy milk testers in the province have started job action. The union says it represents dairy production technicians employed by Lactanet, and they began...
Nov 28, 2025
Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
OTTAWA - Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expe...
Nov 28, 2025
Fact File: How Canadian accounts got swept up in X's location feature accuracy issues
Last week the X platform, formerly Twitter, began its rollout of a new location feature meant to disclose which country account holders post from. It aimed to increase transparency on the platform and...
Nov 28, 2025
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons c...
Nov 28, 2025
