Category Archives: The Canadian Press
B.C. government workers voting through to Thursday on tentative agreement
BURNABY - Members of the British Columbia General Employees' Union have begun voting on the tentative agreement reached last month with the provincial government. The union says in a statement that vo...
Nov 07, 2025
Orbán says Trump will not punish Hungary for buying Russian energy, reducing impact of sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn says his country has received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with President Donald Trump, ...
Nov 07, 2025
Smith defends back-to-work law, says decision is the democratic job of lawmakers
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her government's move to quickly pass back-to-work legislation invoking the Charter's notwithstanding clause, saying democracy is when elected officials mak...
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
Israel says another set of remains of a hostage has been turned over in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Red Cross transferred the remains of a hostage to Israeli troops in Gaza, the prime minister's office said Friday, hours after hundreds of mourners flocked to the funeral of a sol...
Nov 07, 2025
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. The...
Nov 07, 2025
Family of Ottawa mass murder victims calls on immigration department for help
OTTAWA - The brother and father of an Ottawa man whose wife and four children were killed in a gruesome mass stabbing last year are asking the federal government for help as they face immigration chal...
Nov 07, 2025
Poilievre lays out market-first opposition to Carney's federal budget in speech
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needled Prime Minister Mark Carney over the size of the federal deficit Friday in a speech offering his critique of the Liberal budget tabled on Nov. 4. P...
Nov 07, 2025
Montreal police adopt new practices to support victims of strangulation
MONTREAL - Montreal police are expanding a pilot project meant to provide better support for victims of strangulation in relation to domestic violence. The 18-month pilot launched in May 2024 in Montr...
Nov 07, 2025
West Fraser to shut mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., amid market challenges
100 MILE HOUSE - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. will permanently close its mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., by the end of this year, putting roughly 165 people out of work. It says in a statement that the m...
Nov 07, 2025
