Category Archives: The Canadian Press
B.C.'s Warm weather forces those in ice-fishing derby into boats
Krista Clark is an avid ice fisher, but it was a late start to the season in British Columbia's East Kootenay region where she's lived for 47 years. "This year, it's been just waiting and waiting for ...
Feb 06, 2026
Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a 'monster'
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state p...
Feb 06, 2026
Feds can't withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states - at le...
Feb 06, 2026
China overturns death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg: NYT report
OTTAWA - China's highest court has overturned a Canadian man's death sentence, The New York Times is reporting. The death sentence ordered for British Columbia native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg in 2019...
Feb 06, 2026
Ex-MLB player Yasiel Puig found guilty of obstruction and lying to federal officials
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Att...
Feb 06, 2026
Ex-MLB player Yasiel Puig found guilty of obstruction and lying to federal officials
A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Attorney's Office said...
Feb 06, 2026
Candidate says he plans to run for Conservatives in Poilievre's former riding
OTTAWA - Blair Turner, a police officer from the Ottawa area, says he plans to run for the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton. Turner ran for the Tories in Ottawa ...
Feb 06, 2026
Pipeline protest created safety risks, but journalists were let in, says RCMP officer
VANCOUVER - The senior RCMP officer co-ordinating enforcement at a British Columbia pipeline protest in 2021 says journalists were permitted to go through an "access control point" set up by police, a...
Feb 06, 2026
Canadian Tire ordered to pay nearly $1.3 million for false advertising
MONTREAL - Canadian Tire has been ordered to pay just under $1.3 million after pleading guilty to 74 counts of violating sections of Quebec's Consumer Protection Act related to false advertising. Crow...
Feb 06, 2026
Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022
VANCOUVER - The hearing to determine if a man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang is fit to stand trial has begun in the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the hearing...
Feb 06, 2026