Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Court shoots down challenge to B.C. legal profession regulatory overhaul
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the provincial government's legislation to overhaul regulation of lawyers, notaries and other legal professions is not unconstitutional. The government in ...
Apr 29, 2026
Request for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be given a police escort is denied by Canadian police
TORONTO (AP) - A request for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be given a police escort while in Vancouver, British Columbia, for FIFA meetings has been denied, the Vancouver Police Department said W...
Apr 29, 2026
Eva Havaris appointed as chief operating officer of Football Canada
OTTAWA - Football Canada appointed Eva Havaris as its chief executive officer Wednesday. Havaris will assume her new role June 8. She joins amateur football's national governing body with over 20 year...
Apr 29, 2026
Critics call out Ottawa for not contesting Iran joining UN nuclear weapons conference
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are calling out the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney after its representatives failed to follow allies in proactively challenging Iran's nomination to two United Nati...
Apr 29, 2026
Goaltender Scott Wedgewood rises from career backup to the Avalanche's playoff rock
DENVER (AP) - Scott Wedgewood tends to notice just about everything happening around him, no matter the task. That traffic pattern five lights ahead while driving? He's already planned for it. The peo...
Apr 29, 2026
Anand backs up report saying Iranian soccer officials were turned away from Canada
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday it's her "understanding" that Iranian soccer officials saw their permission to enter Canada revoked ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver...
Apr 29, 2026
Anand backs up report saying Iranian soccer officials were turned away from Canada
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday it's her "understanding" that Iranian soccer officials saw their permission to enter Canada revoked ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver...
Apr 29, 2026
Bruins' Pastrnak among the many stars delivering big plays in the face of NHL playoff elimination
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - David Pastrnak embraces what comes from being the face of the Boston Bruins, heavy as the responsibility might be. With their season on the line, leave it to the 12th-year forward...
Apr 29, 2026
Mexican officials charged with importing massive quantities of drugs into US
NEW YORK (AP) - The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York,...
Apr 29, 2026
Florida legislature approves new congressional map intended to boost Republicans in midterms
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans' advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that President D...
Apr 29, 2026