Category Archives: The Canadian Press
'Catastrophic': Tour bus had brake problems before deadly Columbia Icefield rollover
JASPER, ALBERTA, CANADA - A fatality inquiry heard Friday the driver of a tour bus complained about his brakes just days before it tumbled down an embankment in Jasper National Park, killing three peo...
Oct 17, 2025
Canada's health ministers seek fixes to fentanyl crisis, access to pharmaceuticals
CALGARY - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel and her provincial and territorial counterparts wrapped a meeting in Calgary on Friday with a pledge for deeper collaboration to tackle the most press...
Oct 17, 2025
CRA says it has more work to do as call centre improvement plan hits 50-day mark
OTTAWA - Two senior officials working at the Canada Revenue Agency say the agency surpassed its target for answering more calls from Canadians ahead of schedule. On Sept. 2, Finance Minister Franois-P...
Oct 17, 2025
Madagascar's coup leader is sworn in as president after a military takeover condemned by UN
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar's new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him...
Oct 16, 2025
Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama, known for apology over wartime aggression, dies at 101
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 "Murayama statement" apologizing to Asian victims of his country's aggression, died Friday. He was 101. Murayam...
Oct 16, 2025
Poilievre says RCMP covered up Trudeau-era scandals
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the RCMP covered up for former prime minister Justin Trudeau in cases that would otherwise have led to criminal charges. In a recent interview with a...
Oct 16, 2025
B.C. wants intimate-partner violence protection in federal bail reform bill
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says she's hopeful a federal bill on bail reform being introduced in Parliament next week will address the need for more protections in intimate-partner ...
Oct 16, 2025
Jays jerseys abound as baseball fans help Seattle amid tourism slide
SEATTLE - Pike Place Market artist and vendor Daniel Fleming says Toronto Blue Jays fans typically show up in Seattle in droves for games against the Mariners, and the ongoing American League Champion...
Oct 16, 2025
B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
NANAIMO - A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Rel...
Oct 16, 2025
B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
NANAIMO - A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Rel...
Oct 16, 2025