Category Archives: The Canadian Press

India's new top envoy in Canada starts term as signs emerge of a thaw in relations
OTTAWA - India's new high commissioner to Canada officially started his job on Wednesday at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, following a series of high-level visits by Canadian officials. "We're g...
Sep 24, 2025

Budget watchdog sounds alarm about Ottawa's 'unsustainable' fiscal path
OTTAWA - "Stupefying," "shocking" and "unsustainable" - those were just some of the words Ottawa's fiscal watchdog used Thursday to describe his scathing forecast for federal finances ahead of a long-...
Sep 24, 2025

Quebec family doctors to stop teaching medical students amid dispute with province
MONTREAL - Quebec's family doctors say they will join specialist physicians in refusing to teach medical students to pressure the government to shelve an unpopular bill. Doctors are in negotiations wi...
Sep 24, 2025

Canada's Diallo, Shapovalov, Andreescu lose as tennis season starts Asian swing
TOKYO - Canada's Gabriel Diallo pushed second-seeded Taylor Fritz to a third-set tiebreak, but ultimately lost 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) in first-round action Thursday at the Japan Open tennis tournament. Dia...
Sep 24, 2025

More Canadians report being affected by extreme weather after hot, dry summer: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians say they are being affected by extreme weather following one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. A Leger poll of 1,500 people conducted online between ...
Sep 24, 2025

No evidence that Tylenol causes autism, say Health Canada, World Health Organization
TORONTO - Health Canada, the World Health Organization and Canadian autism experts say there is no evidence that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Health Canada and the WHO issued stateme...
Sep 24, 2025

Canadian women's hockey team to host United States in Edmonton in Rivalry Series
EDMONTON - Canada will host the United States in a pair of women's hockey games in Edmonton in December. The annual Rivalry Series between the two countries returns to Alberta for the first time since...
Sep 24, 2025

Canadian women's hockey team to host United States in Edmonton in Rivalry Series
EDMONTON - Canada will host the United States in a pair of women's hockey games in Edmonton in December. The annual Rivalry Series between the two countries returns to Alberta for the first time since...
Sep 24, 2025

Drone fired from Yemen hits southern Israeli city of Eilat. Medics say 20 people were wounded
JERUSALEM (AP) - A drone fired from Yemen struck the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday. Medics said at least 22 people were wounded, two of them seriously. It wasn't immediately clear if the...
Sep 24, 2025

Artemis II crew and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen ready for historic moon mission
LONGUEUIL - The crew of the Artemis II mission, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are heading around the moon in 2026, but the team said Wednesday they are most concerned about laying the gr...
Sep 24, 2025