Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Quebec LNG proposal not of 'national interest' at this point, says federal minister
MONTREAL - Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says it's too early to say whether a liquefied natural gas facility pitched for Quebec meets the bar of being in the national interest. "My sense is this...
Oct 03, 2025
Government says flypast for King's visit to Ottawa cost more than $800,000
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says the Royal Canadian Air Force flypast during King Charles III's visit to Ottawa this spring cost more than $824,700. The department released a tally of ...
Oct 03, 2025
Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. The justices issued an emergency or...
Oct 03, 2025
Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent
TORONTO - Marineland has asked Ottawa for emergency funding to feed and care for the last captive whales in the country, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent and will be a "direct consequence" of t...
Oct 03, 2025
Pedestrian dead after crash with bike on Vancouver Island
COURTENAY - Police on Vancouver Island say a pedestrian died following a crash involving a cyclist last month. Comox Valley RCMP say the cyclist has been identified and investigators were working to u...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
RCMP cleared in 2024 death of man in custody in Prince George, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared Mounties in Prince George of wrongdoing in the death of a man in 2024 while in custody. The Independent Investigations Office says t...
Oct 03, 2025
Corrective to Oct. 2 story about challenge to election results in Terrebonne riding
A Canadian Press story published on Oct. 2 about a legal challenge to federal election results in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne erroneously reported that special ballots have been available since 20...
Oct 03, 2025
North Carolina governor signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state's Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing d...
Oct 03, 2025