Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Canada's run to Women's World Cup final surprises some, but not Rugby Canada CEO
Canada's run to the final of the Women's Rugby World Cup doesn't come as a surprise to Rugby Canada chief executive officer Nathan Bombrys. Canada's performance at the tournament has sparked such head...
Sep 23, 2025

No gun was seized from teenager shot dead by Montreal-area police: watchdog
LONGUEUIL - The family of a 15-year-old boy shot dead by a Montreal-area police officer over the weekend has hired a lawyer while an officer involved is now on leave. Nooran Rezayi was killed on Sunda...
Sep 23, 2025

Canadian Leila Beaudoin to challenge world champion Alycia (The Bomb) Baumgardner
Canadian Leila Beaudoin will face undisputed world super-featherweight champion Alycia (The Bomb) Baumgardner in the co-main event of the Jake Paul-Gervonta (Tank) Davis boxing card in Miami on Nov. 1...
Sep 23, 2025

UN chief warns world leaders of 'an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The head of the United Nations warned Tuesday that humanity has entered "an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering" as world leaders convened at a moment in hi...
Sep 23, 2025

Canadian Leila Beaudoin to challenge world champion Alycia (The Bomb) Baumgardner
Canadian Leila Beaudoin will face undisputed world super-featherweight champion Alycia (The Bomb) Baumgardner in the co-main event of the Jake Paul-Gervonta (Tank) Davis boxing card in Miami on Nov. 1...
Sep 23, 2025

11 migrants deported by US to Ghana were sent home despite safety concerns, their lawyer says
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Eleven West African nationals deported by the U.S. to Ghana were sent to their home countries over the weekend despite safety concerns, their lawyer told a court in Ghana on Tuesda...
Sep 23, 2025

WNBA's Tempo add Habs execs to ownership group, two regular-season games in Montreal
TORONTO - Even before Toronto was awarded an WNBA franchise, Geoff Molson wanted to get into the business of women's basketball. The co-owner of the Montreal Canadiens and Larry Tanenbaum, co-owner of...
Sep 23, 2025

In the news today: Trump to speak at United Nations, gun control group targeting SKS
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump set to address UN General Assembly U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to chastise American allies, ...
Sep 23, 2025

Wall of hay bales constructed around B.C. ostriches ahead of CFIA cull
A wall of hay bales about three metres tall has been constructed at a British Columbia farm where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is organizing the cull and disposal of about 400 ostriches after a...
Sep 23, 2025

Trump tells UN recognizing Palestine as a state rewards Hamas
NEW YORK - U.S. President Donald Trump pushed back on some of America's closest allies on Tuesday, telling the United Nations General Assembly that recognizing a Palestinian state amounts to rewarding...
Sep 23, 2025