Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Authorities say over 100,000 at pro-Palestinian protests which forced early end to Spanish Vuelta
MADRID (AP) - Spanish authorities say more than 100,000 people took part in a pro-Palestinian protest that interrupted the final stage of the Spanish Vuelta and forced organizers to cut the race short...
Sep 14, 2025

Judicial rights group denounces judge's appointment to Quebec Superior Court
MONTREAL - A judicial rights group is denouncing the recent appointment of judge Robert Leckey to Quebec Superior Court, filing a motion in the hope the court will declare it illegal and unconstitutio...
Sep 14, 2025

Bieber solid over six innings, Blue Jays beat Orioles 11-2 to complete sweep
TORONTO - Shane Bieber surrendered one run in six innings, and Ernie Clement and George Springer knocked in two runs apiece to help the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-2 win to sweep the Baltimore Orioles ...
Sep 14, 2025

Parliament returns Monday with Carney's first budget on the horizon
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to square off with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Parliament for the first time this week when the House of Commons reconvenes for the fall sitting....
Sep 14, 2025

Top pitching prospect Trey Yesavage to make Blue Jays debut Monday
TORONTO - Highly touted pitching prospect Trey Yesavage is slated to make his major league debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays. Blue Jays manager John Schneider annou...
Sep 14, 2025

Defending world champion Rogers leading qualifier for women's hammer throw final
TOKYO - Canada's Camryn Rogers is one step closer to defending her title at the world athletics championships. The 26-year-old from Richmond, B.C., had a top throw -- also her first throw -- of 77.52 ...
Sep 14, 2025

American Jefferson-Wooden and Jamaica's Seville win 100s at worlds; Sha'carri finishes fifth
TOKYO (AP) - Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at world championships Sunday in a changing of the guard in track. Jefferson-Wooden blew away ...
Sep 14, 2025

Manitoba cabinet briefing on landfill search for murder victims not being released
WINNIPEG - A report that could shed more light on why Manitoba's former Progressive Conservative government rejected calls to search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims is being withheld ...
Sep 14, 2025

Provincial election? Bring it on, say Newfoundland critics of Quebec energy deal
ST. JOHN'S - An imminent provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador is a key opportunity for the public to demand transparency about a new energy agreement with Hydro-Qubec - and possibly even h...
Sep 14, 2025

Muller scores hat trick, Whitecaps clinch playoffs with 7-0 rout of Union
VANCOUVER - Thomas Muller told his parents he didn't want to focus on his birthday on Saturday. The 36-year-old German star wanted his full attention on playing his third Major League Soccer game for ...
Sep 13, 2025