Category Archives: The Canadian Press
B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
NANAIMO - A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Rel...
Oct 16, 2025
B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
NANAIMO - A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Rel...
Oct 16, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith wants education commission after teachers strike
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the pr...
Oct 16, 2025
US prosecutors charge Smartmatic in alleged $1M Philippines bribery case
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes that several executives allegedly pai...
Oct 16, 2025
Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged with storing and sharing classified information
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - John Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser during his first term and later became a vocal critic, was charged Thursday with storing top secret ...
Oct 16, 2025
Alberta watchdog will investigate N.S. police handling of wrongful murder conviction
HALIFAX - The daughter of a Nova Scotia man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 17 years in prison says she's glad a police watchdog has at long last agreed to investigate whether officer...
Oct 16, 2025
Amazon unionization in Quebec was discussed by management, tribunal hears
MONTRAL - An Amazon senior executive told a labour tribunal on Thursday that unionization efforts by Quebec workers were discussed in meetings by management, though not in detail. Amazon's director of...
Oct 16, 2025
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen fields kids' queries, 100 days from Artemis 2 launch opening
LONGUEUIL - Jeremy Hansen is on the cusp of embarking on a historic deep space mission to the moon, admitting to some inquisitive students Thursday that while the unknowns present a scary prospect, so...
Oct 16, 2025
Provincial immigrant nominee programs get late year boost: Diab
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says some provincial immigrant nominee programs are getting a late-year increase to the number of slots they have. Diab says she relayed the news to her provinc...
Oct 16, 2025
Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator
Trans Mountain is facing $292,000 in regulatory fines for alleged environmental issues in January 2024 along a stretch of its British Columbia pipeline expansion route hit by a major rainstorm. The Ca...
Oct 16, 2025
