Category Archives: The Canadian Press

The Latest: US envoy Witkoff meets Putin in Moscow
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff was meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, taking a draft peace plan that Washington hopes can bring about an end to the nearly four-year ...
Dec 02, 2025

Budget office sees modest boost in housing supply from Build Canada Homes
OTTAWA - Housing Minister Gregor Robertson said the federal government's new housing agency is just getting started after the parliamentary budget office said in a new report Tuesday that Build Canada...
Dec 02, 2025

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández freed after Trump pardon
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernndez, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tons of coca...
Dec 02, 2025

Israeli forensics experts examine remains handed over by militants in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel on Tuesday said it had received remains handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. They were believed to be remains of one of the two hostag...
Dec 02, 2025

Canadian men to learn what awaits them at 2027 Rugby World Cup at Wednesday's draw
Flanker Lucas Rumball clearly remembers Canada's last Rugby World Cup draw, which included marquee matchups with New Zealand and South Africa as well as dates with Italy and Namibia at the 2019 tourna...
Dec 02, 2025

In the news today: Carney to address Assembly of First Nations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to address Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa Prime Minister Mark Carney will address hundre...
Dec 02, 2025

Carney vows to meet Coastal First Nations after chiefs vote against pipeline to B.C.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Col...
Dec 02, 2025

Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip
BEIRUT (AP) - Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he offe...
Dec 02, 2025

Canada women beaten by Japan again as losing streak stretches to five games
ISAHAYA - Better, but still not good enough. Beaten 3-0 by Japan in a lacklustre showing Saturday, the Canadian women put on an improved performance in Tuesday's rematch but still lost 1-0. "I think (...
Dec 02, 2025

Franklin the Turtle book publisher condemns 'violent' post by U.S. defense secretary
The publisher of the Franklin series of children's books says an online post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depicting the titular character as a bazooka-wielding soldier is denigrating and vio...
Dec 02, 2025