Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Car bomb outside Pakistan's security force headquarters kills at least 10, dozens injured
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful car bomb outside the headquarters of Pakistan's paramilitary security forces killed at least 10 people on Tuesday and wounded 30 others, authorities said. Before det...
Sep 30, 2025
FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country's police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws...
Sep 29, 2025
Rescuers run oxygen to survivors in Indonesia school building collapse that buried dozens
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors T...
Sep 29, 2025
Talks off before they began, BCGEU leader says of negotiations with B.C. government
VICTORIA - The head of the union representing British Columbia's 34,000 public sector workers says a government request to get back to the bargaining table appears to have been a "cheap stunt" as it o...
Sep 29, 2025
Talks off before they began, BCGEU leader says of negotiations with B.C. government
VICTORIA - The head of the union representing British Columbia's 34,000 public sector workers says a government request to get back to the bargaining table appears to have been a "cheap stunt" as it o...
Sep 29, 2025
Islamic school building in Indonesia collapses on students, killing at least 1 and injuring dozens
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) - A building under construction at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia collapsed on dozens of praying students Monday, killing at least one, injuring dozens and burying ot...
Sep 29, 2025
Mounties investigating after dog shot in Nanaimo. B.C.
NANAIMO - Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., are investigating after a dog was shot following what police believe was a heated argument between two people. A statement from the Nanaimo RCMP says the large mix...
Sep 29, 2025
Jobs minister Kahlon says B.C. won't pan away from Trump threat to tariff films
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says the government is taking threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to tariff B.C.-made films by 100 per cent "very seriously," but it's unclea...
Sep 29, 2025
Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon's $14M sexual assault civil trial now up to judge
MONTREAL - After 10 long months, the civil trial pitting Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon against nine plaintiffs accusing him of sexual assault has come to an end. The 70-year-old Rozon is being sued ...
Sep 29, 2025
B.C. First Nations want meeting with Carney about salmon, need for open-net farm ban
VANCOUVER - First Nations in British Columbia are calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss protecting and reviving wild salmon. Bob Chamberlin, chair of the First Nations Wild ...
Sep 29, 2025