Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Toronto World Cup seats off FIFA resale site while it retools for price cap law
TORONTO - FIFA's marketplace for resale World Cup tickets no longer has seats listed for Toronto matches after a new price cap law came into effect. The Ontario legislation bans people and platforms f...
Apr 28, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador health minister pushes Ottawa to negotiate pharmacare deal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has not signed any new pharmacare agreements with the provinces and territories in the year since it was elected, and one province says that's creating...
Apr 28, 2026
Phillies fire Canadian manager Rob Thomson after losing 11 of 12 games, name Don Mattingly interim skipper
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Manager Rob Thomson, who led the Phillies to four straight playoff appearances, including the 2022 World Series, was fired on Tuesday after Philadelphia lost 11 of 12 games and beg...
Apr 28, 2026
Carney leaving Saturday for Armenia summit as Ottawa's focus shifts toward economy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Armenia this weekend for a summit on European strategic issues amid signs Ottawa is shifting its focus toward bolstering trade and defence ties on the co...
Apr 28, 2026
John Garrett, former NHL goaltender and longtime Canucks broadcaster, dead at 74
VANCOUVER - John Garrett, a fixture on Vancouver Canucks broadcasts for more than two decades and a former NHL goaltender, has died. He was 74. Sportsnet announced Tuesday that Garrett died suddenly, ...
Apr 28, 2026
Canada's Fernandez falls to Andreeva in Madrid Open quarterfinals
MADRID - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was eliminated from the Madrid Open clay-court tournament with a 7-6 (1), 6-3 loss to ninth-seeded Mirra Andreeva in Tuesday's quarterfinals. Andreeva saved three se...
Apr 28, 2026
2030 Winter Olympics organizers weigh Paris or Lyon for ice hockey after Nice impasse
PARIS (AP) - French organizers of the 2030 Winter Olympics are looking at alternative locations for ice hockey outside of Nice, including in Paris and Lyon, because of a political deadlock involving t...
Apr 28, 2026
Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in a 10-person prisoner swap
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that saw a total of 10 people freed as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seek...
Apr 28, 2026
89-year-old man arrested for allegedly wounding at least 4 people with a shotgun in Greek capital
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Police in Greece on Tuesday arrested an 89-year-old man who allegedly opened fire with a shotgun in a social security office and a courthouse in central Athens, wounding at least...
Apr 28, 2026
In the news today: Economic update, OPP officer dead, Parents on social media ban
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Prime Minister Mark Carney promises 'good news' in spring economic update Prime Minister Mark Carney is sugge...
Apr 28, 2026