Category Archives: The Canadian Press
New defence procurement office will deliver equipment, not more bureaucracy, MP vows
OTTAWA - Ottawa launched a new Defence Investment Agency on Thursday with the aim of centralizing defence procurement and purchasing equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces at a faster pace. "We're go...
Oct 02, 2025
Canada's RJ Barrett unfazed by trade rumours and evolving role with Toronto Raptors
RJ Barrett isn't fazed by his ever-changing role on the Toronto Raptors or even the rumours that he might be traded this season. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., led the Raptors with 21.1 points per g...
Oct 02, 2025
Man kills 2 and wounds 4 in car ramming and stabbing at English synagogue on Jewish holy day
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in a terrorist at...
Oct 02, 2025
In the news today: Ottawa eyeing Quebec LNG project, Israeli envoy critical of Carney
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ottawa expressed interest in Quebec LNG project Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural g...
Oct 02, 2025
'No one of her stature': Conservationist Jane Goodall remembered in Canada
TORONTO - Jane Goodall's friend Dax Dasilva says one of the most remarkable things about the conservationist was an ability to draw animals towards her. Dasilva, a Vancouver-born entrepreneur and envi...
Oct 02, 2025
Former Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination comp...
Oct 02, 2025
Federal officials were interested in proposed Quebec LNG project, documents show
MONTREAL - Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export "substantial volumes" of LNG to Europe, documents show. The revelation ...
Oct 02, 2025
Conservation group preparing to perform necropsies on dead sperm whales in P.E.I.
A conservation group is planning necropsies on three sperm whales that died after being stranded off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal R...
Oct 02, 2025
Israeli envoy says communications with Ottawa have 'deteriorated' under Carney
OTTAWA - Israel's envoy to Canada says dialogue between his government and Ottawa has "deteriorated" since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office - and suggests his "hard line" on Gaza explains why Ca...
Oct 02, 2025
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists
JERUSALEM (AP) - Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed Thursday to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in...
Oct 02, 2025