Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Death toll rises to 31 after Tropical Cyclone Gezani hits Madagascar and crushes houses
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Tropical Cyclone Gezani collapsed houses in Madagascar's main port city and left at least 31 people dead as it crossed the Indian Ocean island with high winds and rain,...
Feb 11, 2026
Dylan Cease gets a jump on spring training, joins Toronto Blue Jays early
DUNEDIN - Dylan Cease couldn't wait to start with the Toronto Blue Jays, so he came to spring training camp nearly two weeks early. Cease had already been a regular at the Blue Jays' Player Developmen...
Feb 11, 2026
In the news: B.C. town rocked by shooting, P.M. puts off Munich security conference
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... 10 dead in shootings at B.C. school and home RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to underst...
Feb 11, 2026
Loss of government funding, secularism putting many Quebec churches 'on the brink'
MONTREAL - In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l'Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Crme - a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It's one of dozens of chu...
Feb 11, 2026
'Directly above her': Saskatchewan man recalls fight with moose to save mother
BIENFAIT - Shawn Tuffnell says he punched a moose multiple times, gripping its neck, before shooting it to death to save his 70-year-old mother. The 37-year-old Saskatchewan man says his fight with th...
Feb 11, 2026
A mother recounts her dangerous journey across the border to escape Trump's America
MONTREAL - At times, a 25-year old woman said the snow reached her knees as she trudged through a dark, icy forest near the Quebec border in mid-January. With temperatures hovering around -11 C, her l...
Feb 11, 2026
A quarter of Canadians have been victims of fraud or extortion: survey
OTTAWA - One in four Canadians report having been a victim of fraud or extortion, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,53...
Feb 11, 2026
Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier earn long-awaited Olympic bronze in Milan
MILAN - Canada got its storybook finish in figure skating on Day 5 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, as Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier secured a place on the podium in ice dance. Gilles and Poirier earned...
Feb 11, 2026
Voices in reaction to the mass shooting that left 10 dead in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
RCMP say seven people were killed when a shooter entered a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, and then they killed themself. More than two dozen others were hurt, some of them seriously. ...
Feb 10, 2026
Tigres pounce on Forge with three second-half goals to net 4-1 Champions Cup win
MONTERREY - Rodrigo Aguirre scored once in each half, Nahuel Guzmn stopped two of three shots and the Monterrey-based Tigres UANL defeated the visiting Forge FC of Hamilton 4-1 in the second leg of th...
Feb 10, 2026