Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Canadian Football League salary cap to grow to over $6.2 million in 2026
TORONTO - The Canadian Football League's salary cap will rise to over $6.2 million in 2026. The CFL and its players' union made the announcement on Friday. Revenue for the league reached $10 million m...
Jan 23, 2026

Military mission complete in Manitoba First Nation dealing with frozen water damage
PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION, MAN. - The federal government says a military mission to help a northern Manitoba First Nation in the aftermath of a water crisis brought on by a power outage is complete. A j...
Jan 23, 2026

Black is Back: Nova Scotia skip Christina Black aims for Scotties success
MISSISSAUGA - A large banner by the Paramount Fine Foods Centre entrance includes action shots of the headliners you'd expect at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Four-time national women's champion ...
Jan 23, 2026

US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro's capture
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid tha...
Jan 23, 2026

Montreal scraps social and affordable housing bylaw, will offer city land for housing
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is following through on a campaign promise to rewrite her predecessor's signature bylaw on affordable and social housing. Former mayor Valerie Plante'...
Jan 23, 2026

Ministers defend 'great sacrifices' after Trump downplays NATO role in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers and former Armed Forces members are defending the sacrifices Canadian soldiers made in Afghanistan after U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed NATO troops' contribu...
Jan 23, 2026

A timeline of key events leading up to the arrest of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding
U.S. authorities have announced the arrest of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who is accused of running an international drug ring and ordering the murders of several people. The Fed...
Jan 23, 2026

B.C. Law Society names OPCC counsel in probe over obscenity that derailed hearing
VANCOUVER - The Law Society of British Columbia has confirmed it is investigating Brad Hickford, counsel for a public hearing into the death of Myles Gray, over concerns about an obscenity resulting i...
Jan 23, 2026

Simon Jolin-Barrette bows out of CAQ leadership race; Christine Fréchette to run
The race to find a leader for the Coalition Avenir Qubec began to take shape Friday as one high profile candidate was set to jump into the fray while the person who was expected to be her main rival b...
Jan 23, 2026

5 things to know about Canada being disinvited from Trump's 'Board of Peace'
OTTAWA - Senior federal government officials told reporters travelling to China with Prime Minister Mark Carney last week that he was accepting an invitation to join U.S. President Donald Trump's "Boa...
Jan 23, 2026