Category Archives: The Canadian Press

There's a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec,...
Dec 15, 2025

Canadian Blood Services reducing reliance on U.S. for life-changing plasma drugs
TORONTO - For years, Stphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until he was diagnosed with non-Hodg...
Dec 15, 2025

Inflation steady at 2.2% in November despite grocery price hike
OTTAWA - Economists and academics expect the trend of rising prices at the grocery store will follow consumers into 2026 even as Statistics Canada reported the overall inflation rate held steady in No...
Dec 15, 2025

Young Canadians tell of their generations' challenges and hopes
The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people across the country about challenges facing their generation - and ways they continue to find joy. 'YOU'RE HUMAN AND YOU FEEL THINGS' Violet Rode,...
Dec 15, 2025

How did Canada's young people become its unhappiest generation?
VANCOUVER - As a teen growing up in Toronto, Bhavik Sharma imagined what life would look like at 25. He and his high school friends would be starting families. They'd be on six-figure salaries and liv...
Dec 15, 2025

Canadiens coach St. Louis sends thoughts to Brown University after shooting
MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis sent his thoughts to the community at Brown University - where his son Ryan is a student and hockey player - a day after a campus shooting left two...
Dec 14, 2025

Quinn Hughes completes a Wild few days with a goal in first game with Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A "Welcome to Minnesota" message played on the video board during a first period break, and Minnesota Wild fans loudly welcomed Quinn Hughes to the self-proclaimed "State of Hoc...
Dec 14, 2025

Australia's leaders promise to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre on Hanukkah
SYDNEY (AP) - Australian leaders promised on Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. At least 15 pe...
Dec 14, 2025

Canadian describes 'freakout' as shots rang out in deadly attack in Australia
SYDNEY - Canadian Finn Foster, backpacking with his girlfriend in Australia, says they were planning to watch the sunset on Sydney's famous Bondi Beach when they heard about two dozen pops. At first, ...
Dec 14, 2025

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
HONG KONG (AP) - Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which cou...
Dec 14, 2025