Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim admits guilt in B.C. plane hijacking
RICHMOND - Federal prosecutors say a British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to two terrorism offences after he stole a small plane on Vancouver Island last July, triggering a security incident at Van...
Apr 08, 2026
Former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim admits guilt in B.C. plane hijacking
RICHMOND - Federal prosecutors say a British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to two terrorism offences after he stole a small plane on Vancouver Island last July, triggering a security incident at Van...
Apr 08, 2026
Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97
SEATTLE (AP) - Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after S...
Apr 08, 2026
Fisheries expands mass marking of hatchery chinook in southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Fisheries Department is expanding its program that marks chinook from hatcheries in southern British Columbia, distinguishing them from wild salmon. A statement from the department say...
Apr 08, 2026
Almost 4,000 federal public servants apply for early retirement program
OTTAWA - Thousands of federal public servants have applied for early retirement since the program was launched late last month. Mohammad Kamal, spokesperson for the Office of the President of the Trea...
Apr 08, 2026
Quebec legislature prorogued as CAQ set to name new leader who will become premier
QUBEC - The Quebec government has prorogued the legislature as the Coalition Avenir Qubec gets ready to choose a new leader this weekend. The cabinet of outgoing Premier Francois Legault says the nati...
Apr 08, 2026
Tax cuts not the only way to help Canadians as gas prices rise: economists
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on Ottawa to return some of the revenue from higher gasoline prices to give Canadians a break at the pumps - but some economists say cutting gas taxes is...
Apr 08, 2026
Photo gallery: A decade of death — B.C. counts drug emergency's cost
Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the declaration of a public health emergency in response to British Columbia's drug overdose crisis, which has since claimed more than 18,000 lives. Grieving fr...
Apr 08, 2026
Photo gallery: A decade of death — B.C. counts drug emergency's cost
Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the declaration of a public health emergency in response to British Columbia's drug overdose crisis, which has since claimed more than 18,000 lives. Grieving fr...
Apr 08, 2026
California Supreme Court orders sheriff to pause investigation and preserve seized ballots
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegation...
Apr 08, 2026
