Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Vancouver police search for suspect after three stabbed on Yaletown seawall
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say three people were stabbed along the Yaletown seawall and the female suspect remains at large. Police say they responded to calls about the stabbings at around 7:30 Fri...
Oct 10, 2025
Here are the B.C. ministries, provincial agencies and roles affected by job action
About 26,000 members of two unions representing British Columbia professionals and public service workers are participating in escalating job action as they push for pay increases in new contracts wit...
Oct 10, 2025
Here are the B.C. ministries, provincial agencies and roles affected by job action
About 26,000 members of two unions representing British Columbia professionals and public service workers are participating in escalating job action as they push for pay increases in new contracts wit...
Oct 10, 2025
B.C.'s public service workers escalate strike to correctional facilities
BURNABY - British Columbia jails have been added to the growing list of sites behind picket lines as public service workers escalate job action. The BC General Employees' Union said in a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025
B.C.'s public service workers escalate strike to correctional facilities
BURNABY - British Columbia jails have been added to the growing list of sites behind picket lines as public service workers escalate job action. The BC General Employees' Union said in a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025
Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending his decision to pay the CEOs of two new government offices annual salaries that are higher than his own. The federal Conservatives have criticized the ...
Oct 10, 2025
Peru wakes up to 7th president in less than a decade after President Boluarte ousted by Congress
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday, as 38-year-old Jos Jer took the reins of the shaken nation after Congress ousted widely loathed President D...
Oct 10, 2025
Fact File: Photo of Portland doughnut 'ICE fishing' protest actually taken in Toronto
A photo shared online in October supposedly showed protesters in Portland, Ore. 'baiting' United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with doughnuts suspended from fishing lines. The phot...
Oct 10, 2025
'It depends': Carney shifts stance on maintaining emissions cap
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping...
Oct 10, 2025
Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says
McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) - A blast leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee, leaving behind a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and at least 19 people missing and feared dead, au...
Oct 10, 2025