Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Cases of Lyme disease in Montreal highest in more than 20 years
MONTREAL - Montreal public health is warning of an uptick in Lyme disease in the city after officials recorded 161 cases in 2025. That's the highest number of cases since 2003, when Lyme infections be...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

Ottawa reveals plans to shut down and offload Nanisivik naval port on Baffin Island
OTTAWA - The federal government is shutting down its short-lived Nanisivik naval station on northern Baffin Island as a cost-cutting measure, and plans eventually to offload the property to another pa...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

Design plan for Trump's proposed Washington arch is approved by key federal agency
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the design for the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation's capital. Commissioners,...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

Referendum on a referendum: Albertans to vote on putting separation on another ballot
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be going to the polls in October to cast their vote on separation - but they won't actually be voting on whether to separate. Instead, they'll be ...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

B.C. Minister says RCMP investigation of Tumbler Ridge shooting in final stages
OTTAWA AND VANCOUVER - The police investigation into the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting is in its final stages, but releasing information prematurely could compromise the probe, British Columbia Public S...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

Canadian truck dealers warn they can't buy new U.S. models until feds fix paperwork
OTTAWA - The Canadian Truck Dealers Association says it needs Ottawa to quickly fix a paperwork problem that will prevent dealers from importing new models from the United States next year, warning it...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy that criticizes Kamala Harris
NEW YORK (AP) - Kamala Harris "wrote off rural America" during the 2024 presidential campaign and failed to attack Donald Trump with sufficient "negative firepower," according to a long-awaited post-e...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witn...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

In the news today: Public service transit, Canada aids Congo, Montreal plays Carolina
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: memo An internal memo reveals that offi...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026

Cocktail of pills, caffeine and fire retardant put B.C. chinook salmon at risk: study
British Columbia researchers found more than 200 contaminants in water and chinook salmon tissue samples collected from five sites in the Lower Fraser River estuary including everything from cocaine a...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026