Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Surging CO2 levels a sign Canada must resist climate backsliding: scientist
A leading Canadian climate scientist says a new report showing planet-warming carbon dioxide levels have soared to record amounts in 2024 is the latest sign Canada must resist pressure to backslide on...
Oct 15, 2025

Kyle Prepolec says fighting in the UFC is 'the craziest roller-coaster of your life'
Canadian lightweight Kyle (Killshot) Prepolec has not had it easy in the UFC, with three losses in his three appearances to date. But two of those bouts were taken on short notice. He has taken on a r...
Oct 15, 2025

Espionage trial: Hydro-Québec says it learned of unauthorized publications in 2022
MONTREAL - A former researcher at Quebec's electric utility charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China set off an internal probe after the publication of an academic paper in March 2022 ...
Oct 15, 2025

CBC reaching out to rural, Western Canadians as part of plan to build audience
OTTAWA - The head of CBC/Radio-Canada says the public broadcaster's plan to reach out to "dissatisfied" audiences means a new focus on rural areas and Western Canada. In a five-year plan released Tues...
Oct 15, 2025

Airports in Victoria and Kelowna, B.C., hacked with pro-Hamas messages
KELOWNA - Airports in Kelowna and Victoria have confirmed their public information systems were hacked on Tuesday, after social media posts depicted pro-Hamas messages on flight information screens an...
Oct 15, 2025

Clement up for two awards as five Blue Jays named Gold Glove finalists
Five Toronto Blue Jays have been named as finalists for this season's Gold Glove awards, given out annually by Major League Baseball to the top defensive players in each position in both leagues. Erni...
Oct 15, 2025

U.K. man charged in Quebec City over disappearance of 16-year-old girl
MONTREAL - A 42-year-old man has appeared in court in Quebec City in the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl from England. The accused from Birmingham, U.K., has been charged with sexual touching of a...
Oct 15, 2025

Champagne says world economy showing signs of resilience in face of U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said a new International Monetary Fund report shows while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertain...
Oct 15, 2025

NHL players may have to compete on untested ice due to construction delays for Olympics in Milan
ROME (AP) - Forget about thin ice. For now, there's no ice. With NHL players preparing to return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade, construction on the main hockey arena for the...
Oct 15, 2025

Talks stall between Alberta teachers, government in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...
Oct 15, 2025