Category Archives: The Canadian Press
A suicide bomber targets an Islamabad court, killing 12 people and wounding 27, minister says
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A suicide bomber struck outside the gates of a district court in Islamabad on Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people, Pakistan's interior minist...
Nov 11, 2025
In the news today: 3,691 Canadian WWII vets alive 80 years on
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... As Remembrance Day marks 80 years since WWII, fewer surviving veterans remain Eighty years after the end of th...
Nov 11, 2025
'Everybody's gone': Canadians mark sombre Remembrance Day as number of vets dwindles
OTTAWA - Eight decades after the end of the deadliest military conflict in history, Canadians paused for Remembrance Day ceremonies Tuesday to honour those who put their lives on the line for their co...
Nov 11, 2025
About 7 in 10 Canadians plan to mark Remembrance Day: poll
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests fewer Canadians were planning to observe Remembrance Day this year compared with 2024. The Leger poll says 69 per cent of respondents intended to mark the day this year ...
Nov 11, 2025
How Canada can regain its measles elimination status
TORONTO - Infectious disease experts say Canada's loss of measles elimination status shows how badly investment is needed in public health, rebuilding vaccine confidence and solving the primary care c...
Nov 11, 2025
Anand opens G7 foreign ministers meeting with a push for multilateralism
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand opened a meeting of the Group of Seven countries Tuesday by calling for continued collaboration on many of the world's problems, from Russia'...
Nov 11, 2025
Budget signals lower increases to health transfers, end of funding deals
OTTAWA - The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in the coming years, one economist says - and the Ontario government is calling for that...
Nov 11, 2025
Ontario, feds agree to 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day
TORONTO - Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won't rise for at least 12 more mont...
Nov 11, 2025
Yemen's Houthi rebels signal that they've stopped attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Yemen's Houthi rebels are signaling they've stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip. In an unda...
Nov 10, 2025
NHL roundup: Rangers defeat Predators 6-3 for first home win
NEW YORK (AP) - Mika Zibanejad scored to end a lengthy goal drought on home ice, Gabriel Perreault picked up his first NHL point and the New York Rangers used an offensive outburst to defeat the Nashv...
Nov 10, 2025