Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Bruce Meyer elevated to players' association interim executive director
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Bruce Meyer was promoted to interim executive director of the baseball players' association on Wednesday, a day after Tony Clark's forced resignation, a person familiar with the...
Feb 18, 2026
LeBlanc to meet with Trump's trade czar to talk about CUSMA review
WASHINGTON - The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade said he will be sitting down with U.S. President Donald Trump's trade czar in the coming weeks to discuss the looming review of the Canada-U.S....
Feb 18, 2026
Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard won't reinstate Marwah Rizqy in party caucus
Newly acclaimed Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard says he won't reinstate Marwah Rizqy in his party's caucus. Rizqy was booted from caucus in the fall by the party's former leader, Pablo Rodrigue...
Feb 18, 2026
Tumbler Ridge victim's mom says truck robbed, wounded daughter's paddle board stolen
VANCOUVER - The mother of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, who has been holding vigil at her bedside since she was gravely wounded in last week's school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says her daughter's pa...
Feb 18, 2026
Democrats say they're escalating investigation into Gordie Howe bridge debacle
WASHINGTON - Democrats are demanding correspondence between a billionaire bridge owner and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as part of their investigation into President Donald Trump's threat to...
Feb 18, 2026
B.C. First Nation says there may never be 'full consensus' on potential burial site
KAMLOOPS - The British Columbia First Nation that announced the discovery of 215 potential unmarked graves at a former residential school in 2021, catapulting the issue into public discourse, says the...
Feb 18, 2026
8 backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) - Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California's Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation's deadliest in...
Feb 18, 2026
More than 300 MPs have crossed the floor in Parliament since Confederation
OTTAWA - Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor from the Conservative party to join the Liberal caucus, nudging the Liberal seat count up by one in the current minority Parliament. The Liberal...
Feb 18, 2026
Ottawa extends express immigration entry to researchers, military applicants
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab is adding three new permanent residency streams to Canada's express entry program that cover a variety of professions, including military ones. The new streams ...
Feb 18, 2026
Quebec father who drowned his children tells jury he has no memory of killings
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who drowned his two children in October 2022 in their family home near Montreal told a jury on Wednesday he doesn't have any memories from the day they died. Kamaljit Arora was...
Feb 18, 2026