Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Montrealers protest Trump immigration crackdown, call out Canadian ‘complicity’
MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal on Sunday to protest the controversial crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling out ICE tactics as well as Canadian "complicity" in ...
Feb 01, 2026

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from Texas detention facility
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas, have been released following a judge's order. They have ret...
Feb 01, 2026

Russian drones kill at least 12 in Dnipro as Zelenskyy says more Russia-Ukraine talks next week
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President ...
Feb 01, 2026

Swiss Alpine bar fire claims 41st victim, an 18-year-old Swiss national
ZURICH (AP) - An 18-year-old Swiss national has died in a Zurich hospital from injuries sustained in the Swiss Alpine bar fire, bringing the death toll to 41 a month after the tragedy. The victim died...
Feb 01, 2026

Earliest launch date for Artemis II set for Feb. 8 after cold weather delay: NASA
The earliest possible launch date for the Artemis II rocket to carry Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the moon is scheduled for Feb. 8. NASA said cold weather and winds that blew through Florid...
Feb 01, 2026

Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister
OTTAWA - The federal housing minister says he wants to ramp up the lagging pace of homebuilding in some provinces by bringing developers off the sidelines and into Ottawa's affordable housing projects...
Feb 01, 2026

Preparations underway at Rafah crossing a day before Israel says travel to resume
CAIRO (AP) - Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt showed signs of activity as Israel said that limited travel to and from the territory was set to resume Monday after years of near-complete isolati...
Feb 01, 2026

Iran's supreme leader warns any US attack would spark 'regional war'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a "regional war" in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald...
Jan 31, 2026

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor unio...
Jan 31, 2026

Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans' already-slim majority, telling President Donald Trump that the Democratic district "...
Jan 31, 2026