Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Canadian pair Pereira, Michaud capture bronze at figure skating worlds
PRAGUE - Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud have won their first medal at the world figure skating championships, and earned some redemption in the process. The Canadian pair captured bronze Thursday afte...
Mar 26, 2026
Einarson parts ways with Sweeting, others, after loss in world championship final
Kerri Einarson is shaking up her team days after it lost to Switzerland in the final of the world women's curling championship in Calgary. The team based in Gimli, Man., announced Thursday it is parti...
Mar 26, 2026
Judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro's legal costs in US drug trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom Thursday as they seek to have their drug trafficking indictments thrown out over a geopolitical...
Mar 26, 2026
Election bill takes aim at deepfakes, long ballots, threats to nomination contests
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is proposing new legislation to strengthen election integrity by banning digital deepfakes of candidates, cracking down on unduly long ballots and protecting nomination...
Mar 26, 2026
Indigenous services minister questioned about fire that killed toddler
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs from northern Ontario demanded answers Thursday from Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty after they linked the death of a three-year-old boy to a lack of federa...
Mar 26, 2026
Key figure in Phoenix public service pay transition says he's leaving the team
OTTAWA - The public servant leading the transition away from the federal government's error-prone Phoenix pay system says he is stepping down because the team no longer needs him. Alex Benay, associat...
Mar 26, 2026
A capsule look at the teams competing at the men's world curling championship
A look at the 13 teams competing in the LGT Men's World Curling Championship from March 27 to April 4 in Ogden, Utah: Canada (Matt Dunstone) First world championship for Dunstone and third Colton Lott...
Mar 26, 2026
After first Brier win, Dunstone seeks more curling glory in men's world championship
There was little afterglow from his first Brier win still fuelling Matt Dunstone as his team ramped up for the men's world curling championship. Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden ou...
Mar 26, 2026
One guilty, one acquitted in drive-by murder of Quebec teenager Meriem Boundaoui
MONTREAL - A man who admitted to shooting the gun that killed a 15-year-old girl in Montreal in 2021 was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder, ...
Mar 26, 2026
Transgender women athletes banned from women's Olympic events by new IOC policy
GENEVA (AP) - Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump...
Mar 26, 2026