Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Leader Currie Dixon says voters wanted change as Yukon Party wins majority government
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon says Yukon voters have opted for change by electing what he calls a "strong Yukon Party majority government." Dixon is set to become the Yukon's first prem...
Nov 03, 2025
Billionaire Sylvan Adams donates $100M to rebuild Israeli hospital struck by Iranian missile
JERUSALEM (AP) - Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams on Sunday said he is donating $100 million to rebuild an Israeli hospital that suffered heavy damage from an Iranian missile in June. Adams a...
Nov 02, 2025
Four things on Quebec's municipal elections
MONTREAL - Voters in roughly 1,100 municipalities across Quebec chose their local leaders on Sunday. Here are four things to know about the province's municipal election results. Montrealers have vote...
Nov 02, 2025
B.C. First Nation members vote in favour of treaty, moving toward self-governance
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation from the northwest coast of British Columbia has voted in favour of a constitution and a treaty that it says opens a path to a new era of self-government. Th...
Nov 02, 2025
Former federal minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada elected mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Montrealers have chosen Soraya Martinez Ferrada, a Chilean refugee who became a federal minister, as their new mayor in a vote for change that has unseated the city's left-leaning governmen...
Nov 02, 2025
Freight train carrying fuel derails west of Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Cleanup work is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train, including some loaded with fuel, derailed about 20 kilometers west of Kamloops, B.C. A statement from C...
Nov 02, 2025
Mississippi woman kills escaped monkey fearing for her children's safety
HEIDELBERG, Miss. (AP) - One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a homeowner who says she feared for the safety ...
Nov 02, 2025
B.C.'s police watchdog investigates after man killed during police confrontation
SUNSHINE COAST, BRITISH COLUMBIA - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after it says a man was shot and killed during a confrontation with RCMP at a residence on the Sunshine Coast. A ...
Nov 02, 2025
Israel says it received the remains of 3 hostages from Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Sunday announced that the remains of three hostages had been handed over from Gaza and would be examined by forensic experts, as a fragile month-old ceasefire held. A Hamas ...
Nov 02, 2025
Canada bolsters Indo-Pacific presence with new defence pact with the Philippines
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty has signed a defence co-operation agreement with the Philippines, on the final day of a visit meant to strengthen defence relations. The agreement will allow t...
Nov 02, 2025