Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev says he is stepping down
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgaria's left-leaning president Rumen Radev announced on Monday that he is stepping down. In a televised address, Radev said that he will formally submit his resignation to th...
Jan 19, 2026
Dingo pack surrounded Canadian found dead on beach, Australian police say
BRISBANE - Australian police are investigating the death of a Canadian woman, whose body was found on a beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes, on an island off the country's east coast popular with ba...
Jan 19, 2026
40-year-old woman dies east of Montreal following argument with man inside home
ROUGEMONT - Quebec provincial police say a 40-year-old woman died on Sunday east of Montreal following an argument with a man that had escalated. Police spokesperson Batrice Dorsainville says officers...
Jan 19, 2026
Gunmen abduct over 150 worshippers from 3 churches in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen abducted more than 150 worshippers in simultaneous attacks on three separate churches in northwest Nigeria, a state lawmaker told The Associated Press on Monday. The attac...
Jan 19, 2026
Here's a list of December inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely bec...
Jan 19, 2026
Here's a list of December inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 3.0 per c...
Jan 19, 2026
Surprise inflation hike won't knock Bank of Canada off sidelines, economists say
OTTAWA - Inflation closed out 2025 with a surprise uptick, but economists weighing in Monday argued there was little cause for concern under the hood to warrant a change in interest rates from the Ban...
Jan 19, 2026
Explosion in a restaurant in Afghan capital kills at least 7 and injures a dozen more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to police and an Italian charity running a sur...
Jan 19, 2026
School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A truck and a school minibus were in collision in South Africa's Gauteng province Monday, killing at least 13 children, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 ...
Jan 19, 2026
Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the badly damaged building, police said. Dozens r...
Jan 19, 2026