Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Hundreds line up near Edmonton to sign petition calling for vote on separation
STONY PLAIN - An hour after the doors opened Thursday at a community centre west of Edmonton, an employee poked her head in to make sure the crowd was still under its 650-person fire capacity. Inside ...
Jan 22, 2026

Former New England Patriot Pene added to CFL's 2026 Global list
TORONTO - Defensive lineman Wilfried Pene will now try his hand at playing professional football in Canada. A CFL spokesman confirmed Thursday that the former New England Patriot is on the league's 20...
Jan 22, 2026

House Republicans barely defeat war powers resolution to check Trump’s military action in Venezuela
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the le...
Jan 22, 2026

Jury finds Chicago man not guilty of circulating $10K bounty on life of top Border Patrol leader
CHICAGO (AP) - A man accused of offering a $10,000 bounty over Snapchat for the life of a top Border Patrol leader was found not guilty on Thursday in the first criminal trial stemming from the Chicag...
Jan 22, 2026

House approves final spending bills as Democrats denounce ICE funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed this year's final batch of spending bills on Thursday as lawmakers, still smarting from last fall's record 43-day shutdown, worked to avoid another funding lapse for...
Jan 22, 2026

Kings' Darcy Kuemper returns from injury scare well ahead of Winter Olympic run with Team Canada
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, one of three netminders on Canada's upcoming Olympic hockey roster, has been cleared to return after suffering a neck injury again...
Jan 22, 2026

Quebec pushes back greenhouse gas reduction target by five years to 2035
QUBEC - The Quebec government announced Thursday that it's pushing back its greenhouse gas reduction target by five years to protect the economy and jobs, as environmental groups warned that the delay...
Jan 22, 2026

Former Iowa superintendent pleads guilty to falsely claiming US citizenship
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The former superintendent of Iowa's largest school district pleaded guilty Thursday, and admitted to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen on a federal form and illegally posse...
Jan 22, 2026

Canadian angler Chris Johnston eager to chase third straight Elite Series title
Chris Johnston is getting that itch again. Johnston, of Peterborough, Ont., is back on the water for the first time in months. This week, the professional angler put his new Ranger 520R boat through i...
Jan 22, 2026

Myles Gray police-beating death hearing in B.C. adjourned due to hot-mic obscenity
VANCOUVER - A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray that got underway in Vancouver this week has been adjourned because a lawyer used a strong obscenity to describe someone i...
Jan 22, 2026