Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Washing ceremony marks settlement of Canadian Tire racial profiling complaint
VANCOUVER - The sounds of Indigenous drums and song bounced off the walls of an East Vancouver banquet hall Tuesday evening as members of British Columbia's Heiltsuk Nation gathered for a traditional ...
May 19, 2026
Man suspected of impaired driving held when vehicle crashes through B.C. restaurant
NANAIMO - A man has been detained by police after the vehicle he was driving crashed through the front of a restaurant on Vancouver Island. Mounties say they were called about a report of a vehicle th...
May 19, 2026
Mission, B.C., man injured after confronting bear on his back porch
MISSION, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says conservation officers are investigating after a man was swatted by a bear on the back porch of his home. The ministry says in a statement t...
May 19, 2026
CBC pausing production on satirical Indigenous show
OTTAWA - The CBC is pausing production on a satirical show on Indigenous issues after blowback from some who claimed false pretences were used to lure high-profile guests. CBC spokesperson Chuck Thomp...
May 19, 2026
US Rep. Thomas Massie loses Kentucky GOP primary to Ed Gallrein in another victory for Trump
HEBRON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday, becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to anger President Donald Trump and then fall to a primary challe...
May 19, 2026
Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president's wishes. Si...
May 19, 2026
Union 'disappointed' as feds fund outside staff to guard immigration holding centres
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Border Services Agency workers says it's disappointed by the federal government's decision to provide funding for the agency to hire private sector guards on con...
May 19, 2026
Union 'disappointed' as feds fund outside staff to guard immigration holding centres
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Border Services Agency workers says it's disappointed by the federal government's decision to provide funding for the agency to hire private sector guards on con...
May 19, 2026
B.C. Premier Eby says Canada won't work if Ottawa favours separatist premiers
VICTORIA - Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he'll relay to Prime Minister M...
May 19, 2026
B.C. Premier Eby says Canada won't work if Ottawa favours separatist premiers
VICTORIA - Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he'll relay to Prime Minister M...
May 19, 2026