Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Rinderknech in Shanghai Masters quarters
SHANGHAI - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the Shanghai Masters after a 6-3, 6-4 quarterfinal loss to France's Arthur Rinderknech on Friday. The 12th-seeded Auger-Aliassime fired ...
Oct 10, 2025

Surprise September job gains dampen odds for Bank of Canada rate cut
OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market showed an unexpected hiring surge in September, but economists are mixed on whether the strength is enough to deter the Bank of Canada from cutting its policy rate ...
Oct 10, 2025

Team Arm Wrestling Federation brings team aspect to individual sport
It all started with playful arm wrestling at home against her dad, and one accidental coffee spill after his long day at work. "My dad came home from work, very tiring, long day, and every day I used ...
Oct 10, 2025

Thousands of Palestinians return to what's left of their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes effect
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised ho...
Oct 10, 2025

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman "who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkne...
Oct 10, 2025

In the news today: Canada Post union moving to rotating strikes
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes The union representing Canada Post employees ...
Oct 10, 2025

'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike
EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent." Maren Aukerman, an education profess...
Oct 10, 2025

Blue Jays to meet Mariners in ALCS, with Game 1 Sunday in Toronto
SEATTLE - The Toronto Blue Jays will meet their expansion cousins in the American League Championship Series after the Seattle Mariners won the deciding Game 5 of their Division Series with the Detroi...
Oct 10, 2025

PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five "key objectives" that will help the Liberal government achieve its core m...
Oct 10, 2025

Man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl in her home in 2001 is executed by injection in Indiana
CHICAGO (AP) - An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year....
Oct 10, 2025