Category Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Throughout her university career, Jacqueline Silver assumed her computer science degree would guarantee her a job. Finding out she was wrong was a demoralizing experience. Silver, who graduat...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Afghanistan and Pakistan, embroiled in more than a week of fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, Qatar's Foreign Minis...

VICTORIA - Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says community pressure is responsible for the provincial government's decision to speed up the reconstruction of an elementary school destroyed by fire almos...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. State Department said Saturday that it has "credible reports" that Hamas could violate the ceasefire with an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza. If the attac...

VICTORIA - The company operating a high-speed, passenger-only ferry service between Vancouver and Nanaimo is fully cooperating after one of its vessels struck a humpback whale near Vancouver in Englis...

VICTORIA - Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says it is "unacceptable" that Ottawa always steps up when it comes to supporting key sectors in Ontario and Quebec, but "continues to drop the ball" when it co...

WASHINGTON - Eric Poole walked down Washington's iconic Pennsylvania Avenue wearing a bright red shirt with the words: "Dear Canada, we hate him too." He was among huge crowds of people who filled the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Donald Tru...

VICTORIA - A college in southeastern B.C. is permanently closing a campus because of the financial effects of federal restrictions on international students. Selkirk College says it will close one of ...

CAIRO (AP) - Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday raided a U.N. facility in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, a U.N. official said, but all staff were reported to be safe. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N...