Category Archives: The Canadian Press
B.C. man who viewed child abuse images in B.C. café gets 535 days in jail
RICHMOND - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to more than 17 months in prison after police found several collections with thousands of child sexual abuse images in a multi-year investigation i...
Apr 28, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador health minister pushes Ottawa to negotiate pharmacare deal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has not signed any new pharmacare agreements with the provinces and territories in the year since it was elected, and one province says that's creating...
Apr 28, 2026
Carney leaving Saturday for Armenia summit as Ottawa's focus shifts toward economy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Armenia this weekend for a summit on European strategic issues amid signs Ottawa is shifting its focus toward bolstering trade and defence ties on the co...
Apr 28, 2026
Blockbuster $22B Shell-ARC deal bodes well for expansion to LNG Canada, experts say
CALGARY - Global energy heavyweight Shell PLC's plan to buy one of Canada's biggest natural gas producers bolsters the likelihood an expansion of the LNG Canada plant will move ahead, industry experts...
Apr 28, 2026
Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in a 10-person prisoner swap
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that saw a total of 10 people freed as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seek...
Apr 28, 2026
89-year-old man arrested for allegedly wounding at least 4 people with a shotgun in Greek capital
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Police in Greece on Tuesday arrested an 89-year-old man who allegedly opened fire with a shotgun in a social security office and a courthouse in central Athens, wounding at least...
Apr 28, 2026
In the news today: Economic update, OPP officer dead, Parents on social media ban
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Prime Minister Mark Carney promises 'good news' in spring economic update Prime Minister Mark Carney is sugge...
Apr 28, 2026
Fires, drought and water woes to begin B.C.'s wildfire season
VANCOUVER - A cluster of wildfires are burning in British Columbia, many of them on land that is already parched, marking the beginning of a season that has some officials planning for how to conserve...
Apr 28, 2026
Fires, drought and water woes to begin B.C.'s wildfire season
VANCOUVER - A cluster of wildfires are burning in British Columbia, many of them on land that is already parched, marking the beginning of a season that has some officials planning for how to conserve...
Apr 28, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney promises 'good news' in spring economic update
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Liberals are "good fiscal managers" - and he'll have the chance to prove it when the federal government tables its spring economic update Tuesday afternoon...
Apr 28, 2026