Category Archives: The Canadian Press
'I'm destroyed today': Auger-Aliassime rues missed opportunity at French Open
PARIS - A French Open quarterfinal match that began with so much promise ended in devastation for Canadian Flix Auger-Aliassime on Wednesday. The 25-year-old from Montreal was up a set and a break of ...
Jun 03, 2026
Activists call on feds to put pressure on Israel over treatment of Gaza aid flotilla
OTTAWA - Canadian activists detained by Israel last month while taking part in an aid flotilla trying to reach Gaza say Canada isn't doing enough to call out treatment by Israeli officials that Ottawa...
Jun 03, 2026
Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Conservative members of Parliament are set to spend their summer break campaigning for Albertans to stay in Canada - and one member of his caucus say...
Jun 03, 2026
Quebec's first tornado of 2026 touches down in Saguenay region, researchers say
MONTREAL - Researchers say Quebec's first recorded tornado of 2026 touched down in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region on May 25. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado dama...
Jun 03, 2026
Slashing development fees is not a cure-all for housing affordability: CMHC
OTTAWA - Slashing municipal development charges could help spur building in some of Canada's most expensive markets but those cuts wouldn't be enough to fix the affordability gap on their own, accordi...
Jun 03, 2026
The Olympic effect: U Sports to introduce women's flag football as a pilot sport
Flag football makes its Olympic debut in 2028 and Canadian university sport has stepped up its role in producing players for the national women's team. U Sports and Football Canada will collaborate on...
Jun 03, 2026
Tropical Storm Amanda is the first of the Pacific hurricane season, meteorologists say
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Amanda formed Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, marking the first tropical cyclone of the season, the National Hurricane Center said. Amanda was located about 1,475 miles (2,...
Jun 03, 2026
Suspect who took 10 people hostage in California standoff has been shot and killed, police say
A man was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday after holding 10 school employees hostage, including some who were tied up, and warning he had strapped explosives to himself and some of the hosta...
Jun 03, 2026
Groups call on Ottawa to reverse course on environmental policy
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's largest environmental groups were on Parliament Hill Wednesday urging the Liberal government to reverse course on what they're calling rollbacks of environmental policy. Repr...
Jun 03, 2026
Ottawa tells CRTC to change course on increasing streamers' financial contributions
OTTAWA - Ottawa is directing the CRTC to back down on its recent decision to triple streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content, and will instead provide $600 million to the sector, Culture...
Jun 03, 2026