Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Artemis II crew and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen ready for historic moon mission
LONGUEUIL - The crew of the Artemis II mission, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are heading around the moon in 2026, but the team said Wednesday they are most concerned about laying the gr...
Sep 24, 2025

Population growth in Q2 fell to slowest pace on record for quarter excluding pandemic
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population grew at its slowest pace for a second quarter since comparable record keeping began in 1946, excluding 2020 when the pandemic hit. The agency s...
Sep 24, 2025

No. 1 versus No. 2: A look at the Canada-England Rugby World Cup matchup
The two best women's rugby teams in the world, No. 1 England and No, 2 Canada, face off Saturday before a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium in England. A look at the matchup: BY ...
Sep 24, 2025

No. 1 versus No. 2: A look at the Canada-England Rugby World Cup matchup
The two best women's rugby teams in the world, No. 1 England and No, 2 Canada, face off Saturday before a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium in England. A look at the matchup: BY ...
Sep 24, 2025

Offer for Alberta teachers includes same pay with COVID shots, voting starts Saturday
EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's...
Sep 24, 2025

Former N.S. sailing team member alleges sex assault ignored by sport governing bodies
HALIFAX - A former member of Nova Scotia's Olympic sailing training program is suing the national and provincial governing bodies for the sport, alleging they failed to act when she reported a sexual ...
Sep 24, 2025

Quebec government bans gender-neutral pronouns in official state documents
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is banning the use of recently invented gender-neutral words in all official communications, in what it says is an attempt to protect the integrity of the French langu...
Sep 24, 2025

Canadian Premier League adds Quebec team set to play in Laval in 2026
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League is coming to Quebec in 2026. The league announced Wednesday that it will add a ninth team in the Greater Montreal Area. The new CPL club will play its matches at ...
Sep 24, 2025

Canadian Premier League adding Laval-based FC Supra team in 2026
LAVAL - The Canadian Premier League is expanding to Quebec in 2026. The CPL announced Wednesday that FC Supra will become the league's ninth team. The new club will play its matches at Stade Borale in...
Sep 24, 2025

Canadian women to face the Dutch in women's soccer friendly in October
Canada will face the 11th-ranked Netherlands in a women's soccer friendly during the October FIFA window. The venue for the Oct. 28 match has not been announced, but it will likely be in Europe, given...
Sep 24, 2025