Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Surrey, B.C., home targeted by extortion-related shooting for second time: police
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after a home was targeted in an extortion-related shooting for the second time. Police say that the latest attack happened Wednesday at 7:35 p.m. whe...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Oklahoma governor spares the life of death row inmate just before scheduled lethal injection
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has spared the life of a death row inmate just before he was set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, commuting the man's sentence to life in pr...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

The body of a coal miner has been found in a flooded West Virginia mine, the governor says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha Me...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025
Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma
WEATHERFORD, Okla. (AP) - Hundreds of people were evacuated from a city in Oklahoma and others were told to shelter in place after a tanker truck that was leaking in a hotel parking lot spewed a plume...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

In the news today: Major projects list updated, budget infrastructure plan supported
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to announce next major projects referrals Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to a...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

LNG project, mines, hydro dam, power lines among latest major project referrals
TERRACE, B.C. - The federal government announced Thursday the latest list of major building projects to be considered for fast-track approval under legislation passed in June - a list focused entirely...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

LNG project, mines, hydro dam, power lines among latest major project referrals
TERRACE, B.C. - The federal government announced Thursday the latest list of major building projects to be considered for fast-track approval under legislation passed in June - a list focused entirely...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Conservatives demand probe into Ottawa's loss of $20M in pharmaceutical products
OTTAWA - Conservative health critic Dan Mazier said Thursday he intends to ask for a committee investigation to find out how the Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20-million worth of phar...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Riders' original Gainer the Gopher reflects on fans, fun and donning a stinky suit
One of Don Hewitt's core memories from three years as the furry, minuscule mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the late 1970s can be summed up in two letters - P.U. "They'd wash the suit once at...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Ruling in 2026 on high-risk offender status for man in fatal Quebec daycare crash
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says he will rule in 2026 on whether to assign high-risk offender status to a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into ...
The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025