Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women's soccer team
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) - Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, a government minister s...
Mar 09, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to travel to Norway on Friday to observe the Norwegian-led NATO Cold Response exercise above the Arctic Circle. Cold Response is run by NATO every two years a...
Mar 09, 2026

Lawyer says no proof of his client was present when B.C. couple was killed
ABBOTSFORD - One of three men accused of killing an Abbotsford, B.C., couple has conceded that evidence against him shows he knew of the planned home invasion that resulted in their deaths - but his l...
Mar 09, 2026

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval ...
Mar 09, 2026

Newly acquired forward Curtis Douglas eager to make an impact with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Curtis Douglas knows what people expect of him when he steps on to the ice. The six-foot-nine, 242-pound centre says he's more than just a big body and some dangerous fists, though, as he ...
Mar 09, 2026

Gray likely died of cardiac arrest, complicated by police actions: pathologist
VANCOUVER - The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Myles Gray in the days after he died following a beating by Vancouver police officers testified Monday that it did not reveal a single,...
Mar 09, 2026

Automaker allowed more tariff-free U.S. imports due to higher Canadian production
OTTAWA - Ottawa is letting an unnamed automaker import a higher quota of U.S.-made vehicles without tariffs because the company is selling and making more cars in Canada than first expected. While the...
Mar 09, 2026

Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson out week to week with upper-body injury
VANCOUVER - The Ottawa Senators will be without defenceman Jake Sanderson when they line up against the Canucks in Vancouver on Monday. Head coach Travis Green says the 23-year-old blue liner is out w...
Mar 09, 2026

Man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang testifies at fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - The man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park testified Monday at a hearing in Vancouver to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. Jongwon Ham, who appe...
Mar 09, 2026

Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele named NHL first star of the week
NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele was named NHL first star of the week Monday after recording eight points over a three-game stretch. Scheifele scored his 18th career overtime goal in a ...
Mar 09, 2026