Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Canada mulls observer role in fighter jet program with Italy, U.K., Japan: McGuinty
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty confirms Canada is looking into getting involved in a program run by a coalition of countries to develop a sixth-generation fighter jet. But McGuinty says Cana...
Apr 27, 2026
Trial of ex-Mountie charged with security offence concludes in B.C. court
VANCOUVER - The trial of a former Mountie accused of a security offence in relation to his work helping the Chinese government has concluded in British Columbia Supreme Court, with his defence counsel...
Apr 27, 2026
Trial of ex-Mountie charged with security offence concludes in B.C. court
VANCOUVER - The trial of a former Mountie accused of a security offence in relation to his work helping the Chinese government has concluded in British Columbia Supreme Court, with his defence counsel...
Apr 27, 2026
Canada is getting a sovereign wealth fund. What does that mean and how do they work?
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the creation of the country's first-ever sovereign wealth fund on Monday, called the Canada Strong Fund. Carney pitched the new fund as a way for Canadians to inve...
Apr 27, 2026
Intimate partner-related deaths in B.C. 'overwhelmingly preventable,' report says
VANCOUVER - A death review panel convened by British Columbia's chief coroner says 135 deaths they studied in relation to intimate partner violence were "overwhelmingly preventable." The deaths occurr...
Apr 27, 2026
Man arrested after officer allegedly hit in face at logging protest in B.C. Interior
SALMO - Two men have been arrested after police tried to remove a small group of protesters blocking a logging road in the British Columbia Interior, with one man allegedly hitting an officer in the f...
Apr 27, 2026
LNG pipeline project through 'pristine wilderness' faces B.C. court challenges
VANCOUVER - A Gitxsan Nation hereditary chief is challenging the B.C. government's decision to allow a pipeline to go through what he calls "pristine wilderness," on the strength of a 12-year-old envi...
Apr 27, 2026
LNG pipeline project through 'pristine wilderness' faces B.C. court challenges
VANCOUVER - A Gitxsan Nation hereditary chief is challenging the B.C. government's decision to allow a pipeline to go through what he calls "pristine wilderness," on the strength of a 12-year-old envi...
Apr 27, 2026
Carney's trade advisory group meets for 1st time, welcomes new member
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's new advisory council on Canada-U.S. trade met for the first time today, ahead of trade negotiations with President Donald Trump's White House that are set to begi...
Apr 27, 2026
Quebec premier meets U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON - Quebec's premier met on Monday in Washington D.C. with Jamieson Greer, the top trade negotiator for President Donald Trump, as the U.S. becomes more aggressive in its demands toward Canad...
Apr 27, 2026