Category Archives: The Canadian Press
These doctors helped eliminate measles in '98. Here's how they did it
TORONTO - Dr. Arlene King got measles more than 60 years ago, but she still remembers feeling so weak that getting her shoes on was a challenge. It didn't take long for King, who was in Grade 1 at the...
Oct 29, 2025
In the news today: Is an interest rate cut coming? Blue Jays win Game 4 over Dodgers
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Bank of Canada set to make rate announcement The Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate announcement a...
Oct 29, 2025
Alberta students back in class after teachers strike, threatened mass walkout fizzles
EDMONTON - Alberta's provincewide teachers strike formally ended Wednesday as 740,000 students went back to classes and a threat from union leaders to launch a general strike fizzled. From one end of ...
Oct 29, 2025
First Nation files lawsuit demanding Aboriginal title over lands in western Quebec
MONTREAL - An Algonquin First Nation has filed a title claim in Quebec Superior Court over large swaths of territory across the west of the province in an effort to address what it described as histor...
Oct 29, 2025
Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate but signals cuts may be done
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is signalling it might be done cutting interest rates in the short term but that doesn't mean economic growth is going to pick up quickly after a "structural" hit from U.S....
Oct 29, 2025
Exit poll suggests Dutch election result too close to call, with center-left party slightly ahead
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - An exit poll published immediately after voting ended Wednesday in the Netherlands' general election suggested the result was too close to call, with the center-left D66 ...
Oct 28, 2025
Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 10...
Oct 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) - Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture domin...
Oct 28, 2025
Tanzania deploys the military and imposes a curfew on election day after protests erupt
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Tanzania 's presidential election teetered toward chaos on Wednesday as protests erupted, the military was deployed, internet service was cut and a curfew was announced in the co...
Oct 28, 2025
Shohei Ohtani has an off night in his two-way World Series debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) - This time, Shohei Ohtani was just ordinary. A night after the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar treated baseball fans to one of the greatest performances in World Series histor...
Oct 28, 2025