Category Archives: The Canadian Press
City, B.C., First Nations in push to keep Whitecaps in Vancouver 'for generations'
VANCOUVER - A meeting aimed at finding solutions to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver has resulted in a new co-operation between multiple levels of government. Representatives from the Whitecaps and Maj...
May 14, 2026
Oklahoma's Richard Glossip, who was nearly executed 3 times, granted bond while awaiting retrial
An Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed former death row prisoner Richard Glossip to be released on bond while awaiting retrial over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of execution three separate ...
May 14, 2026
What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada...
May 14, 2026
What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada...
May 14, 2026
Water restored but not drinkable in Kamloops, B.C., with more restrictions in place
KAMLOOPS - Water supply has been restored to parts of Kamloops in the British Columbia Interior, but it remains unsuitable for consumption as crews work to fix a water main break that caused the outag...
May 14, 2026
Senators approve withholding their own pay during government shutdowns
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to withhold their pay during government shutdowns, an attempt to make federal closures financially painful for lawmakers after a s...
May 14, 2026
Top doctor explains why number of 'low risk' hantavirus contacts in Canada has grown to 26
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer says the country is taking a "precautionary approach" in monitoring people who may have had indirect contact with passengers who were on the hantavirus-s...
May 14, 2026
Best place for Alberta is in Canada, PM says after judge tosses separation petition
The best place for Alberta to be is in Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday after a judge's decision to throw out a separatist petition in the province. "Certainly a Canada that works, whi...
May 14, 2026
Oklahoma executes a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma has executed a man who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter nearly 20 years ago. Raymond Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead at 10:12 a...
May 14, 2026
Lac-Mégantic: Supreme Court refusal clears CP rail of liability in 2013 tragedy
MONTREAL - Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been cleared of all liability in the Lac-Mgantic, Que., train disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013. Several parties, including the victims and their f...
May 14, 2026