Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Official says test reveals no contamination of a local water system after derailment
VICTORIA - A local official said testing has revealed "no contamination" of a local water system on Kamloops Lake in B.C. after more than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled on its shores in a trai...
Nov 08, 2025
Toronto will add over 1,200 shelter spaces for winter months
TORONTO - The City of Toronto is adding more than 1,200 shelter spaces for people experiencing homelessness later this month as part of its winter services plan. A news release from the city says this...
Nov 08, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm is 'ground zero for change' as family reels from shooting cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - With the flock of several hundred ostriches on the British Columbia farm co-owned by her mother shot dead in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency,...
Nov 08, 2025
Canadian travellers to Europe face new border measures as security ramps up
OTTAWA - Many Canadian travellers to Europe are being asked to reveal more about themselves as officials begin to usher in new security measures. European countries are rolling out a border management...
Nov 08, 2025
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000, local health officials say as more bodies are exchanged
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza health officials said Saturday that over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, as Israel and Hamas completed the latest exchange of b...
Nov 08, 2025
How Indigenous veterans faced battles at home and abroad
VANCOUVER - John Moses says that when his father Russell Moses returned on leave from the Korean War, his battles weren't over. When the Indigenous residential school survivor came back to Canada in 1...
Nov 08, 2025
3 people kicked out of Canada in extortion probe in B.C., border agency says
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says it has removed three people from the country as part of its work within the B.C. Extortion Task Force. The agency says in a statement that it is also...
Nov 07, 2025
Biggest landowner in Cowichan area wants Aboriginal title case reopened, in rare move
A company that says it is the biggest private landowner in the Cowichan Tribes' Aboriginal title area in Richmond, B.C., said it will ask the British Columbia Supreme Court to take the rare step of re...
Nov 07, 2025
Trump says US to boycott G20 in South Africa, repeating allegations about treatment of white farmers
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that no U.S. government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country's treatment of white farm...
Nov 07, 2025
Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to happen'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience Friday that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement of the idea yet. During an arm...
Nov 07, 2025
