Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Wilkie, Ideson named Canada's flag bearers for Paralympics closing ceremony
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO - Para nordic skier Natalie Wilkie and wheelchair curler Mark Ideson have been named Canada's closing ceremony flag bearers for the Milan Cortina Paralympics, the Canadian Paralympic...
Mar 14, 2026

Al-Quds Day rally goes ahead after court tosses out Ontario's bid to block
TORONTO - A pro-Palestinian rally went ahead in Toronto with waving flags, drums, chants and a large police presence, including officers observing from the top of buildings, Saturday after an Ontario ...
Mar 14, 2026

Canadian sit-skier Kurt Oatway goes for one medal after long road back to Paralympics
It's simply competition. And Kurt Oatway's desire is just to win and improve. "It is a bigger race, it's a more important race, but at the end of the day it's just a race," he said of the Paralympics....
Mar 14, 2026

Two charged with murder after body of B.C. man who sued late Shah's son found
SURREY - A British Columbia mathematician who was reported missing last month by concerned neighbours was allegedly killed in a "targeted" incident by two people known to him who now face murder charg...
Mar 14, 2026

Canadian wheelchair curling team wins gold with 4-3 triumph over China at Paralympics
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO - Mark Ideson finished the job and ended the run of bronze. The skip from London, Ont., made the winning play as Canada's wheelchair curling team defeated China 4-3 to win gold at th...
Mar 14, 2026

Canada to face U.S. with sights set on first Paralympic ice hockey gold in 20 years
Tyler McGregor has experienced all the team success there is to gain in para ice hockey. Except for one thing: a Paralympic gold medal. Canada's captain, from Forest, Ont., has been a fixture on the t...
Mar 14, 2026

Canadiens winger Brendan Gallagher a healthy scratch Saturday against Sharks
MONTREAL - Brendan Gallagher, the longest-serving player on the Montreal Canadiens, will be a healthy scratch Saturday against the San Jose Sharks. Head coach Martin St. Louis announced following the ...
Mar 14, 2026

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
BERLIN (AP) - Jrgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has ...
Mar 14, 2026

N.S. First Nation tells government and RCMP to stay out of cannabis and tobacco sales
HALIFAX - An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the province and RCMP have no right to carry out enforcement on its lands, as police and provincial officials step ...
Mar 14, 2026

Carney says Canada a reliable oil exporter with moves to increase production
OSLO - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store touted their reputations as low-risk global oil producers on Saturday, as they met in Oslo and agreed to deepen ties on ...
Mar 14, 2026