Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Iran war adds new uncertainty to the Bank of Canada's already clouded lens
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will be balancing a last-minute flood of economic data with uncertainty around trade and war in the Middle East as it prepares to make its second interest rate decision of ...
Mar 14, 2026
North Korea fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea's military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joi...
Mar 13, 2026

Tehran claims the US attacked it from the UAE as Iran war enters its third week
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the Middle East's busiest port and two others in the United Arab Emirates, openly threatening a neighboring country's non-U.S....
Mar 13, 2026
Missile strikes a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraqi security officials say
BAGHDAD (AP) - A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials said. Associated Press footage showed a column of smoke rising Saturday morning over...
Mar 13, 2026

Accused cop killer has 'nuanced' understanding of trial, Crown tells fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor says the suspect in the killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang has an "exceptionally nuanced and sophisticated understanding" of the trial process. But Colleen Smith says the Cro...
Mar 13, 2026

Quebec Tories sour on Grapes as caucus members support Don Cherry for Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Opposition is mounting among Quebec's federal Conservatives to their own party's push to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry. In a social media post late ...
Mar 13, 2026

Prosecutor drops vehicular homicide charge against teen charged in death of teacher in prank
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the...
Mar 13, 2026

8 accused of antifa ties convicted on terrorism charges over shooting at Texas immigration facility
DALLAS (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over a shooting at a Texas immigration facility that federal prosecutors tied to antifa, the far-left movement that h...
Mar 13, 2026

Canada supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil under IEA release plan
OTTAWA - Canada plans to contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to an International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues to choke off tanker ship...
Mar 13, 2026

Environment committee engaging in 'junior high behaviour': former climate advisers
OTTAWA - Two former advisers on Ottawa's climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada's independent ne...
Mar 13, 2026