Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Fact File: Video shared on X shows Maori haka dancer, not B.C. housing minister
A video was shared on social media this week by accounts claiming it shows B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle dancing and lip-synching to audio of ritual chanting, wearing what appears to be Ind...
Oct 29, 2025

Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff's deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a...
Oct 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) - Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead and caused widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged...
Oct 29, 2025

Drug crimes up for first time in 12 years, bucking long-term national trend: StatCan
Statistics Canada says the rate of police-reported drug crime is up for the first time in 12 years but remains well below a "historic peak" recorded in 2011, with cannabis legalization being a major f...
Oct 29, 2025

Former teammates Rourke, Adams., to square off in West Division semifinal
Former teammates Nathan Rourke and Vernon Adams Jr. will square off Saturday for the third time this season. Rourke and Adams will be under centre for their respective teams when the B.C. Lions host t...
Oct 29, 2025

Melissa partly to blame for wet, windy Halloween in Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario
HALIFAX - Residents of the Maritimes, Quebec and southern Ontario can expect wet, blustery weather this weekend, but a senior meteorologist says Hurricane Melissa is only partly to blame. The latest f...
Oct 29, 2025

Milan-Cortina reaches 100-day countdown with ice hockey arena still under construction
MILAN (AP) - With 100 days to go until the start of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, preparations are going right down to the wire. The ice hockey arena that is set to welcome back NHL players to th...
Oct 29, 2025

'Call 1-800-Doug-Ford': Ontario, N.B. courting Quebec doctors unhappy with pay law
MONTREAL - Ontario and New Brunswick are openly courting Quebec doctors upset over a recent provincial law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians. While Premier Franois Legault critic...
Oct 29, 2025

Bank of Canada governor says AI could be both good and bad for Canada's economy
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it doesn't know how new artificial intelligence products will affect the Canadian economy. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the technology has the potential f...
Oct 29, 2025

Forge's Nimick and Rama, Ottawa's Abatneh up for CPL top defender award
Forge FC's Daniel Nimick and Rezart Rama and Atletico Ottawa's Noah Abatneh are the finalists for the Canadian Premier League's Defender of the Year award. Abatneh is also nominated for the league's B...
Oct 29, 2025