Category Archives: The Canadian Press

'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

Comments and reaction on Ottawa-Alberta pipeline memorandum of understanding
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed Thursday a memorandum of understanding that includes shared goals on green technology and a new oil pipeline to the West ...
Nov 27, 2025

Anand says Canada has no current plans to re-engage with Iran
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Thursday Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time, and pushed back on senators who claim Canada has abandoned its...
Nov 27, 2025

News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI cleared to go ahead in Ontario
OTTAWA - An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had put forward a jurisdic...
Nov 27, 2025

How 'Heated Rivalry,' Crave's 'spicy, gay hockey show,' became a global TV player
TORONTO - Could "Heated Rivalry" be the raciest Canadian TV show ever made? Writer-director Jacob Tierney is willing to drop the mitts on it. "Our big competition is that episode of 'Degrassi' where S...
Nov 27, 2025

Elections Canada says protocol wasn't followed in Nunavik during federal election
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were "significantly hindered" by a lack of planning and oversight that caused some polls to close early. Fo...
Nov 27, 2025

Supreme Court of Canada returns murder case to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a murder case back to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in light of potential new evidence. A decade ago, a jury found Nathan Johnson guilty of first-degree...
Nov 27, 2025