Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Child poverty rose for third consecutive year: Campaign 2000 report
TORONTO - An organization that campaigns to end child poverty says the number of children living in households that struggle to pay bills and buy food has continued to grow. The 2025 report card from ...
Feb 25, 2026
Senators expect politics to stay outside locker room as Tkachuk, Sanderson return
OTTAWA - As political debates swirl outside their locker room, the Ottawa Senators remain focused on the priority inside of it. Captain Brady Tkachuk and teammate Jake Sanderson, fresh off winning gol...
Feb 25, 2026
Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to infiltrate the country
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and ...
Feb 25, 2026
Sikh Canadians say state violence a continued threat as PM prepares to visit India
OTTAWA - Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on a mission to expand Canada's non-U.S. tra...
Feb 25, 2026
Canada signs a defence agreement with South Korea as it seeks to diversify trade
OTTAWA - Canada and South Korea have signed a new defence agreement, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of "great power" economic coercio...
Feb 25, 2026
Classes cancelled at Alberta high school after junior hockey players killed in crash
HINTON - Classes were cancelled for a high school in northern Alberta on Wednesday after the deaths of two junior hockey players. Ryan Maguhn, principal of Harry Collinge High School, says the players...
Feb 25, 2026
Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order
VANCOUVER - A motion before a Vancouver city council committee to oppose deployment of American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city for the World Cup did not go to a vote after it w...
Feb 25, 2026
Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order
VANCOUVER - A motion before a Vancouver city council committee to oppose deployment of American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city for the World Cup did not go to a vote after it w...
Feb 25, 2026
B.C. judge dismisses convicted killer's bid to have case thrown out over delay
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by a man convicted of first-degree murder to have the case thrown out over his claim that trial delays violated hi...
Feb 25, 2026
Florida Panthers face a make-or-break week as playoff hopes hang by a thread
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - By Friday night, the Florida Panthers will have some answers. The back-to-back Stanley Cup champions - in desperate need of wins to keep realistic playoff hopes alive - op...
Feb 25, 2026