Category Archives: The Canadian Press

In the news today: Grizzly attacks B.C. elementary class, many hurt
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically A grizzly bear has attac...
Nov 21, 2025

'It's about consistency': Vancouver Canucks aim to build on lessons from latest loss
VANCOUVER - Head coach Adam Foote liked what he saw from his Vancouver Canucks on Thursday - even if the team came out on the wrong end of the score line. Vancouver's rough stretch continued with a 4-...
Nov 21, 2025

How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
PORT COQUITLAM - When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver...
Nov 21, 2025

Quebec man accused of killing his kids gets new trial date after third postponement
MONTREAL - A Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has a new trial date, after recently being granted a third postponement. Kamaljit Arora is charge...
Nov 21, 2025

Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
OTTAWA - Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committ...
Nov 21, 2025

Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the late...
Nov 21, 2025

Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B investment in Canada
ABU DHABI - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1-billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 billion i...
Nov 21, 2025

A boiler explosion at a glue-making factory in eastern Pakistan kills 18 people
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A boiler at a glue-making factory in eastern Pakistan exploded on Friday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 21 others. The force of the blast destroyed the factory buildi...
Nov 21, 2025

Batherson's deflection leads to winning goal in Senators' 3-2 victory over Ducks
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Drake Batherson scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:58 to play, and the Ottawa Senators held off a furious Anaheim rally after the Ducks pulled their goalie in the final minutes ...
Nov 21, 2025

Panthers beat Devils 1-0 behind Bobrovsky's 30 saves
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots, Sam Reinhart scored in the opening period and the Florida Panthers beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Thursday night. It was Florida's first 1-0 ...
Nov 21, 2025