Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Wildfire evacuation order downgraded for parts of Peachland, B.C.
KELOWNA - Some residents in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley who were ordered out of their homes on Thursday due to a wildfire have been allowed back home. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says an evacuati...
Sep 26, 2025
Gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers had CTE, medical examiner confirms
NEW YORK (AP) - The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers ...
Sep 26, 2025
Stay of ostrich cull in southeast B.C. an ongoing potential health risk, CFIA says
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the "ongoing delay" in carrying out the cull of ostriches at a British Columbia farm presents "potential animal and human health risks." The agency said in a s...
Sep 26, 2025
Liberals reintroduce military justice reforms for sexual offence cases
OTTAWA - The Liberal government on Friday reintroduced legislation to reform the military justice system that died in the last Parliament. The legislation would remove the military's ability to invest...
Sep 26, 2025
Gov. Gen. Simon 'deeply committed' to French training as criticism continues
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon remains "deeply committed" to learning French, her office said, after releasing updated figures that show she has taken an average of 1.5 hours of French classes per week...
Sep 26, 2025
Talks to resume between B.C. government and its public service union
VICTORIA - Negotiations will resume Monday between the union representing British Columbia's public service workers and the province, but picket lines in front of government offices and liquor stores ...
Sep 26, 2025
Talks to resume between B.C. government and its public service union
VICTORIA - Negotiations will resume Monday between the union representing British Columbia's public service workers and the province, but picket lines in front of government offices and liquor stores ...
Sep 26, 2025
Powerhouse attorney Robert B. Barnett, known for representing the Obamas and Clintons, dies
NEW YORK (AP) - Robert B. Barnett, a powerhouse Washington attorney who became a fixture in the political and publishing worlds as the literary representative for Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and H...
Sep 26, 2025
Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...
Sep 26, 2025
Audit of Saskatchewan First Nations group questions millions of dollars in spending
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs in Saskatchewan say they want answers after a forensic audit of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations concluded more than $34 million of the organization's spend...
Sep 26, 2025