Category Archives: The Canadian Press
A court in Slovakia sentences the man in the attempted assassination of prime minister to 21 years
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - A court in Slovakia on Tuesday convicted the man in last year's attempted assassination of the country's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico of a terror attack and sentence...
Oct 21, 2025
Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partn...
Oct 20, 2025
Springer's homer sends Blue Jays into World Series with 4-3 win over Mariners in Game 7 of ALCS
TORONTO (AP) - George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattl...
Oct 20, 2025
Prominent totem pole returning to family after nearly 60 years due to deterioration
VICTORIA - The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority says a carved cedar totem pole that has stood between the ocean and British Columbia's Parliament buildings since 1966 will be returned to the family ...
Oct 20, 2025
Senate bill sets guidelines for use of notwithstanding clause in federal laws
MONTREAL - A bill introduced in the Senate seeks to set rules on how the federal government can adopt laws that override certain parts of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sen. Peter Harder...
Oct 20, 2025
Eby says B.C. tried to involve private owners in Cowichan Aboriginal title case
British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province previously tried unsuccessfully to get private property owners involved in the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title case, as the City of Richm...
Oct 20, 2025
US man arrested in Scotland and convicted of Utah rape gets at least 5 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah judge on Monday sentenced a man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest on rape charges to anywhere from five years to life in prison. Ni...
Oct 20, 2025
National chief calls for federal government to deem First Nations policing essential
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations chided the federal government Monday for failing to deliver on its promise to introduce legislation to declare First Nations policing an es...
Oct 20, 2025
B.C. to add unpaid leave for 'catastrophic' illness, injury: Eby
The British Columbia government has proposed changes to the province's Employment Standards Act to allow up to 27 weeks of unpaid leave each year for people facing a "catastrophic" illness or injury. ...
Oct 20, 2025
Poilievre calls on Carney to keep federal deficit under $42B in coming budget
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney cut taxes and keep the federal deficit under $42 billion in the coming budget. It seems clear the latter will...
Oct 20, 2025
