Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Canada sending Coast Guard vessel to Greenland for opening of new consulate: Anand
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish...
Jan 26, 2026
Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to running a drug smuggling ring
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder pleaded not guilty to running a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings, as one of the FBI's top fugitiv...
Jan 26, 2026
Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court Monday on charges he allegedly ran a billion-dollar multinational drug tra...
Jan 26, 2026
Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to running a drug smuggling ring
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder pleaded not guilty to running a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings, as one of the FBI's top fugitiv...
Jan 26, 2026
Carney stands by Plains of Abraham speech that rankled Quebec's political class
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday stood by his comments about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, remarks that had drawn a swift rebuke from Quebec's political class and demands for an ap...
Jan 26, 2026
US braces for more freezing cold as winter storm leaves at least 26 dead
Many in the U.S. faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the Northeast and kept parts of the South coated in ice....
Jan 26, 2026
ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026
Carney defends Canada's Afghanistan record but does not ask Trump for apology
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday defended the Canadian military's contributions to the war in Afghanistan - but stopped short of asking U.S. President Donald Trump to apologize for belitt...
Jan 26, 2026
Ottawa gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to U.S.
Marineland's belugas have received a reprieve from death row after the federal government conditionally approved a plan to export the last remaining captive whales in Canada to the United States. Fish...
Jan 26, 2026
Kaprizov, Kucherov, Dostal named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Minnesota Wild left-wing Kirill Kaprizov, Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov and Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Kaprizo...
Jan 26, 2026