Category Archives: The Canadian Press
B.C. invests $1 million in 'lightning reduction' technology in bid to reduce fires
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is investing up to $1 million on field-testing new technology from a Vancouver company that aims to both predict and prevent lightning that may trigger wild...
May 07, 2026
B.C. invests $1 million in 'lightning reduction' technology in bid to reduce fires
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is investing up to $1 million on field-testing new technology from a Vancouver company that aims to both predict and prevent lightning that may trigger wild...
May 07, 2026
Tumbler Ridge school, site of mass shooting, to be torn down and rebuilt on new site
VICTORIA - The school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where students were killed in a mass shooting in February will be torn down and rebuilt on a new site. Premier David Eby said Thursday that the decision b...
May 07, 2026
Tumbler Ridge school, site of mass shooting, to be torn down and rebuilt on new site
VICTORIA - The school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where students were killed in a mass shooting in February will be torn down and rebuilt on a new site. Premier David Eby said Thursday that the decision b...
May 07, 2026
US isn't looking at imminent military action in Cuba despite Trump threats, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is not looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump's repeated threats that "Cuba is next" and that American warships deployed ...
May 07, 2026
Cannabis raids in N.S., N.B., Ontario tied to transnational organized crime, RCMP say
FREDERICTON - The RCMP say several raids last month across three provinces were linked to a wider investigation involving transnational organized crime. However, police did not give details about the ...
May 07, 2026
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith granted security clearance for CSIS briefings
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she has been granted security clearance to receive briefings from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Her office provided few other deta...
May 07, 2026
Independents branded 'NDP farm team' for helping shut down FOI debate
VICTORIA - Two former B.C. Conservatives now sitting as Independents say they voted with their consciences when they helped the governing NDP shut down debate on changes to freedom of information rule...
May 07, 2026
A former Ohio deputy has been found guilty of reckless homicide in the shooting of Casey Goodson Jr.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A former sheriff's deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide on Thursday for shooting a Black man who was bringing sandwiches to his grandmother's house. The killing of Casey ...
May 07, 2026
Worried about hantavirus? Take precautions when opening cottages, sheds, PHAC expert advises
TORONTO - Before the world's attention was captured by a disease outbreak that has killed three and sickened a handful of others on the MV Hondius cruise ship, many Canadians had never heard of hantav...
May 07, 2026