Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Three Nova Scotia youths on hockey team face sexual assault charges after hazing
HALIFAX - Three youths are facing sexual assault charges after Nova Scotia RCMP received a complaint about a hockey team's hazing ritual last fall, prompting an investigation that is expected to lead ...
Feb 05, 2026

NATO 5% pledge to add $63B to deficit by 2035, budget watchdog says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's plan to spend the equivalent of five per cent of GDP on defence by 2035 will push the federal budget deficit up by $63 billion in 2035, according to a new report ...
Feb 05, 2026

MP Johns endorses McPherson, calls her a 'strong' choice for NDP leader
OTTAWA - B.C. NDP MP Gord Johns endorsed his caucus colleague Heather McPherson for the NDP leadership on Thursday. Johns told The Canadian Press he's backing the Alberta MP because he sees McPherson ...
Feb 05, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Canada-Finland Olympic hockey game postponed due to Finnish illness
MILAN - Canada's opening women's hockey game against Finland at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics has been postponed after members of Finland's team were struck with norovirus. The preliminary round ...
Feb 05, 2026

Famine is threatening more of war-torn Sudan’s Darfur region as an attack in the south kills 22
CAIRO (AP) - Famine is threatening more areas in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, a global hunger monitoring group said Thursday as an attack by paramilitary forces on a military hospital in th...
Feb 05, 2026

'It was honestly really fun': Cooley comes up big for Flames in win over Oilers
CALGARY - Devin Cooley was the first to admit that his second career start against the Edmonton Oilers went way better than his first. Cooley made 36 saves on Wednesday to backstop the Calgary Flames ...
Feb 05, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Canada's McMorris to skip big air competition following training crash
LIVIGNO - Veteran Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris, in the wake of a training crash, has decided to skip big air qualifying Thursday at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The news was confirmed by a source...
Feb 05, 2026

UK's Starmer didn't know Jeffrey Epstein. But the prime minister's job is under threat
LONDON (AP) - Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein. But the British prime minister's job is under threat because of the fallout from the late sex offender's global web of relationships. Friendship w...
Feb 05, 2026
Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crash kills pilot and trooper during shooter response
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter responding to assist officers with an active shooter situation crashed, killing both the pilot and a trooper who was a paramed...
Feb 05, 2026

Canadiens' Montembeault enjoys scintillating performance, puts past struggles behind
WINNIPEG - Samuel Montembeault wanted to have a bounce-back performance. He got one. The Montreal Canadiens netminder made 36 saves in his team's 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday that b...
Feb 05, 2026