Category Archives: The Canadian Press
New trial ordered in 1989 murder of 10-year old Toronto girl
OTTAWA - The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing 10-year-old Darla Thurrott in 1989. In a decision issued Thursday, the court concluded there was a misca...
Nov 27, 2025
Jones's jacket hangs in suite as family members watch Canadian Curling Trials
HALIFAX - Members of Colleen Jones's family displayed one of her curling jackets in a suite at Scotiabank Centre during the women's semifinal at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials on Thursday. Jone...
Nov 27, 2025
Premier blasts N.S. Power's cyberattack response, weighs fine for utility
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he is disappointed with how the privately owned provincial utility responded to a cyberattack earlier this year. The cyberattack struck Nova Scotia Power...
Nov 27, 2025
Pipeline deal could trigger race to the bottom on Canada's climate policy: advocates
A new pipeline agreement between Alberta and Ottawa could trigger a race to the bottom on Canada's climate policies, advocates said Thursday, as they warned the deal would invite other provinces to ma...
Nov 27, 2025
NDP leadership candidates acknowledge need to improve French in Montreal debate
OTTAWA - The NDP leadership candidates admitted they need to brush up on their French-language skills when they faced off for the campaign's first debate in Montreal. The debate on Thursday began with...
Nov 27, 2025
Expansion FC Supra set to kick off CPL U Sports draft, adding first players to roster
Expansion FC Supra du Quebec officially starts stocking its roster Friday with the first two picks of the Canadian Premier League's U Sports draft. Given the franchise leadership's past ties to Ligue1...
Nov 27, 2025
'Frustrating': Veterinarians urge regulatory changes as medicine shortages mount
REGINA - Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying. Tracy Fisher, preside...
Nov 27, 2025
Black upsets Einarson in women's semi at curling Trials, Dunstone wins men's semi
HALIFAX - Christina Black's team started the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials with a whimper. The rink has a chance to end the playdowns as Canada's representatives at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Bla...
Nov 27, 2025
B.C. man gets months-long sentence for assault, threats, as he waits for murder trial
The man accused in a high-profile killing of his estranged wife has been sentenced in a separate case of choking and uttering threats in Kelowna, B.C. Provincial court Judge David Ruse sentenced James...
Nov 27, 2025
Eby brands pipeline 'energy vampire' as First Nations vow it will never happen
British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understand...
Nov 27, 2025