Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Two Quebec battery supply chain projects hit the brakes
MONTREAL - The electric-vehicle slowdown is being felt in Bcancour, the city at the heart of Quebec's dreams of becoming a hub in the North American battery supply chain. The planned expansion of a ba...
Oct 16, 2025
Carney says Stellantis offered reassurances on Brampton, Ont., plant
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney said the global head of Stellantis told him the automaker is looking at finding a new model to fill the idled Brampton, Ont., plant, but that a decision would requ...
Oct 16, 2025
Carney says now is not the time to hit back at U.S. over tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is rejecting calls for Ottawa to push back at the U.S. with new retaliatory trade measures as talks with Washington continue on sector-specific trade deals. "There'...
Oct 16, 2025
Police cite extortion in third shooting at Indian star Kapil Sharma's B.C. café
SURREY - Mike Grieve says he walks past Kap's Cafe in Surrey, B.C., every day and he's sad to see the restaurant owned by Indian entertainer Kapil Sharma has been shot up for the third time. Yellow po...
Oct 16, 2025
Police cite extortion in third shooting at Indian star Kapil Sharma's B.C. café
SURREY - Mike Grieve says he walks past Kap's Cafe in Surrey, B.C., every day and he's sad to see the restaurant owned by Indian entertainer Kapil Sharma has been shot up for the third time. Yellow po...
Oct 16, 2025
Carney says government will introduce tougher bail, sentencing rules next week
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will introduce tougher bail and sentencing standards for violent crime in a bill being introduced next week, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. The legislation w...
Oct 16, 2025
Judge wants immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after clashes with public
CHICAGO (AP) - Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday said she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras, and she also summoned...
Oct 16, 2025
Trump says he'll meet with Putin in Hungary. He first meets Friday with Zelenskyy at the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is redoubling his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, announcing a second meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin one day before sitting down with Ukraine's Volody...
Oct 16, 2025
Afghanistan’s Taliban government blames Pakistan for twin drone strikes on Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban government said Thursday that Pakistan had carried out two drone strikes on Kabul the previous day, just before the two neighbors announced a ceasefire ...
Oct 16, 2025
Chief of staff of Yemen Houthi rebel's military dies from wounds suffered in Israeli airstrike
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Israeli airstrike targeting the top leaders of Yemen's Houthi rebels in August killed the chief of staff of its military, officials said Thursday, further escalat...
Oct 16, 2025
