Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Seven things to watch for as PM Mark Carney meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday at a summit in South Korea, where he intends to talk about "a much broader set of issues than trade....
Oct 30, 2025

Churchill portrait thief loses appeal, heads to Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The man who stole the "Roaring Lion" portrait of Winston Churchill from the Chteau Laurier in Ottawa in January 2022 lost his appeal of his sentence on Thursday. Jeffrey Wood, who pleaded gui...
Oct 30, 2025

Senator tries again to put limits on prisons' use of solitary confinement
OTTAWA - Sen. Kim Pate has been fighting against prisons' use of solitary confinement since 2018, when the federal government committed to curbing the practice. She told The Canadian Press the situati...
Oct 30, 2025

Ottawa's new climate strategy being developed 'behind closed doors,' AFN says
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary commit...
Oct 30, 2025

Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute
EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted, green-furr...
Oct 30, 2025

Winnipeg high school football player who sustained spinal injury in game has died
WINNIPEG - A high school football player who sustained a severe spinal injury in a game earlier this month died in hospital Wednesday night, the Winnipeg School Division said Thursday. "It is with dee...
Oct 30, 2025

Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It'll be mostly white South Africans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop after the Un...
Oct 30, 2025

Atletico Ottawa, Forge FC make up seven of 10 nominees for CPL Players' Player Award
TORONTO - Four Atletico Ottawa players and three from Forge FC are among the 10 finalists for the Canadian Premier League's Players' Player of the Year award. The award is the only one decided by the ...
Oct 30, 2025

Nationals finalizing hire of 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, AP source says
The Washington Nationals are finalizing a deal to hire 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday ...
Oct 30, 2025

Nationals finalizing hire of 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, AP source says
The Washington Nationals are finalizing a deal to hire 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday ...
Oct 30, 2025