Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Most Canadians want social media, AI chatbot ban for kids under 16, poll indicates
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates. Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said th...
May 07, 2026
Pierre Poilievre urges conservatives to keep fighting in networking conference speech
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's message to fellow Tories at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference on Thursday was to keep fighting. The annual event in Ottawa is billed as the ...
May 07, 2026
3 Australian women returning from Syria are arrested on suspicion of slavery and terrorism offenses
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Three women who were among 13 Australians returning home from Syria were arrested at airports on Thursday on allegations of slavery and terrorism inside the Islamic State g...
May 07, 2026
British voters cast ballots in local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership
LONDON (AP) - British voters cast ballots Thursday in local and regional elections that could shake up the country's politics and deliver a heavy blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer...
May 06, 2026
Polls open in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership
LONDON (AP) - Polls have opened for midterm local and regional elections on Thursday that could deliver a heavy blow to embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer's center-left Labour Part...
May 06, 2026
Police investigating Vancouver's fourth homicide in 2026 after man dies in stabbing
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man has been killed in a stabbing that's being classified as the city's fourth homicide this year. Vancouver police say the attack happened at around 2:30 a.m. We...
May 06, 2026
Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia’s Fulton County, judge rules
ATLANTA (AP) - The federal government can keep the 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District ...
May 06, 2026
Road closures, drones, and new stadium rules for World Cup in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver have unveiled details of preparations that include the closure of a major downtown road artery for more than two months. Taunya Geelhoed, chie...
May 06, 2026
Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn't establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medica...
May 06, 2026
Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn't establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medica...
May 06, 2026