Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Manitoba Premier Kinew asks PM Carney for sentencing, parole overhaul
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has asked the prime minister for stiffer sentences for repeat or serial killers, citing the recent release of one killer that Kinew says "disgusts" him. In a lett...
Nov 25, 2025
Mounties on hunt after Alberta basketball club's trailer of sports wheelchairs stolen
STONY PLAIN - Mounties say they are searching for a stolen trailer holding 15 sport wheelchairs owned by an Edmonton-area wheelchair basketball club. The Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Society ...
Nov 25, 2025
Canadian cricketers land in tough group at ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Canada's cricket team has been drawn in elite company at next year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup, facing three top-10 teams in Group D. The 19th-ranked Canadian men will meet No. 4 New Zealand, No. 5 Sout...
Nov 25, 2025
Canada's Jonathan David, Promise David both on target in Champions League play
Canadians Jonathan David and Promise David both scored in Champions League play Tuesday, earning wins for Italy's Juventus and Belgium's Union Saint-Gilloise, respectively. Jonathan David's goal lifte...
Nov 25, 2025
Women's groups criticize Liberals over delay of key firearms measure
OTTAWA - More than a dozen women's advocacy groups chastised the Liberals on Tuesday for failing to bring into force a key provision in firearms legislation passed almost two years ago. The measure wo...
Nov 25, 2025
Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has issued recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14. The new total means that almo...
Nov 25, 2025
Explainer on Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall petitions
EDMONTON - Fourteen Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are facing recall petitions from constituents. It's the first time the province's Recall ...
Nov 25, 2025
Quebec to extend religious symbols ban, outlaw university prayer rooms in new bill
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism minister says the province needs tighter rules to keep religion out of the education system - and even out of public places. More than six years after the Quebec governm...
Nov 25, 2025
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who do...
Nov 25, 2025
Search goes on for bear that attacked B.C. pupils, two other grizzlies to be freed
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says two grizzlies captured in Bella Coola will be fitted with tracking collars and relocated far from the community, while the search goes on for the bear that a...
Nov 25, 2025