Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Poll shows CFL losing fans as diehards reject rule changes ahead of Grey Cup
As the CFL prepares to introduce a series of rule and field changes, a new poll suggests overall attention to the league continues to decline. The Angus Reid Institute says the percentage of Canadians...
Nov 12, 2025

Premiers lay out priorities for meeting with Carney next week
OTTAWA - Infrastructure investments and the state of U.S.-Canada trade negotiations are high on the agenda Canada's premiers have for an upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The premiers ...
Nov 12, 2025

Montreal transit maintenance union suspends strike as new labour bill tabled
MONTREAL - The head of a union representing transit maintenance workers said members aren't giving up on their fight for better wages and conditions, despite new legislation that will give the Quebec ...
Nov 12, 2025

Resilient Auger-Aliassime comes back from the brink in ATP Finals win over Shelton
TURIN - Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime picked up a crucial win at the ATP Finals with a comeback 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 victory over Ben Shelton of the United States on Wednesday. The victory evened Auger...
Nov 12, 2025

Ottawa is seeking a permanent parliamentary budget officer with 'tact and discretion'
OTTAWA - Ottawa says it's looking to hire a permanent parliamentary budget officer - someone with "tact and discretion" - just a few months after appointing a very critical fiscal watchdog on an inter...
Nov 12, 2025

What Americans think about Trump's management of the government, according to a new AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising dis...
Nov 12, 2025

Indian government calls deadly car blast a terror attack by 'anti-national forces'
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - India's Cabinet on Wednesday called this week's deadly car explosion in the capital a terror attack carried out by "anti-national forces," though it did not release any new evid...
Nov 12, 2025

Saint John, N.B., to host world men's curling championship in 2027
PERTH - The 2027 BKT World Men's Curling Championship will be held in Saint John, N.B., World Curling and Curling Canada said Wednesday in a joint announcement. The 18-team competition is set for Marc...
Nov 12, 2025

Matheson looking forward to Northern Super League championship game
TORONTO - Some seven months after its opening kickoff, the inaugural Northern Super League season wraps up Saturday with the championship game at Toronto's BMO Field. "It's flown by. I can't believe w...
Nov 12, 2025

Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump 'knew about the girls' and spent time with a victim
WASHINGTON (AP) - Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had "spent hours" at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years...
Nov 12, 2025