Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Clement up for two awards as five Blue Jays named Gold Glove finalists
Five Toronto Blue Jays have been named as finalists for this season's Gold Glove awards, given out annually by Major League Baseball to the top defensive players in each position in both leagues. Erni...
Oct 15, 2025
U.K. man charged in Quebec City over disappearance of 16-year-old girl
MONTREAL - A 42-year-old man has appeared in court in Quebec City in the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl from England. The accused from Birmingham, U.K., has been charged with sexual touching of a...
Oct 15, 2025
Champagne says world economy showing signs of resilience in face of U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said a new International Monetary Fund report shows while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertain...
Oct 15, 2025
NHL players may have to compete on untested ice due to construction delays for Olympics in Milan
ROME (AP) - Forget about thin ice. For now, there's no ice. With NHL players preparing to return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade, construction on the main hockey arena for the...
Oct 15, 2025
Talks stall between Alberta teachers, government in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...
Oct 15, 2025
Shapovalov into quarterfinals at Stockholm Open with win over Borg
Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Stockholm Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 win over hometown favourite Leo Borg on Wednesday, Shapovalov, the third seed in St...
Oct 15, 2025
Fact File: No evidence Canadian schools banning pork from lunches
A TikTok video from October asked viewers to "imagine" receiving an email from a teacher asking parents' not to pack pork in their children's school lunches lest it offend religious students. Some who...
Oct 15, 2025
Conservatives, Liberals clash over youth unemployment as Tories pitch training reform
OTTAWA - Young workers in Canada are facing an increasingly bleak jobs market - and the federal Conservatives and Liberals are at odds over how the government could help. Unemployment rose to 14.7 per...
Oct 15, 2025
Records reveal what Chrétien told ministers before Quebec referendum
MONTREAL - Six days before the nail-biting 1995 Quebec referendum that nearly tore the country apart, Jean Chrtien told his ministers to keep their cool. The prime minister acknowledged that day that ...
Oct 15, 2025
Pakistan says it has agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan said Wednesday it agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan following days of violence that have killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. Pakistan's Foreign ...
Oct 15, 2025