Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Airports in Victoria and Kelowna, B.C., hacked with pro-Hamas messages
KELOWNA - Airports in Kelowna and Victoria have confirmed their public information systems were hacked on Tuesday, after social media posts depicted pro-Hamas messages on flight information screens an...
Oct 15, 2025
U.K. man charged in Quebec City over disappearance of 16-year-old girl
MONTREAL - A 42-year-old man has appeared in court in Quebec City in the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl from England. The accused from Birmingham, U.K., has been charged with sexual touching of a...
Oct 15, 2025
One woman dead, another arrested, after stabbing in Campbell River, B.C.
A woman has been killed and a suspect arrested in a stabbing in Campbell River, B.C. RCMP say it happened early Sunday in the 1300 block of Dogwood Street, where officers responded to a report of the ...
Oct 15, 2025
Champagne says world economy showing signs of resilience in face of U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said a new International Monetary Fund report shows while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertain...
Oct 15, 2025
Talks stall between Alberta teachers, government in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...
Oct 15, 2025
Fact File: No evidence Canadian schools banning pork from lunches
A TikTok video from October asked viewers to "imagine" receiving an email from a teacher asking parents' not to pack pork in their children's school lunches lest it offend religious students. Some who...
Oct 15, 2025
Conservatives, Liberals clash over youth unemployment as Tories pitch training reform
OTTAWA - Young workers in Canada are facing an increasingly bleak jobs market - and the federal Conservatives and Liberals are at odds over how the government could help. Unemployment rose to 14.7 per...
Oct 15, 2025
Records reveal what Chrétien told ministers before Quebec referendum
MONTREAL - Six days before the nail-biting 1995 Quebec referendum that nearly tore the country apart, Jean Chrtien told his ministers to keep their cool. The prime minister acknowledged that day that ...
Oct 15, 2025
Pakistan says it has agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan said Wednesday it agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan following days of violence that have killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. Pakistan's Foreign ...
Oct 15, 2025
Leader of Madagascar's military coup tells AP he is 'taking the position of president'
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - The leader of Madagascar's military coup told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he is "taking the position of president" and that the armed forces would be in char...
Oct 15, 2025
