Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Freeland steps down as Canada's Ukraine envoy, will resign as MP soon
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland said Monday she is stepping down as the prime minister's special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine and will leave Parliament in the coming weeks - ...
Jan 05, 2026

Carney arrives in Paris for talks with Ukraine's allies about security guarantees
PARIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Paris Monday ahead of a meeting with Ukraine's allies to pursue security agreements to prevent Russia from repeating its invasion if a ceasefire deal is r...
Jan 05, 2026

Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
HAVANA (AP) - An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes...
Jan 04, 2026

Trump says that Ukraine didn't target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President...
Jan 04, 2026

Protesters in Canada hold different opinions of Nicolás Maduro
OTTAWA - As a number of countries condemn the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro by the United States, protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Ottawa on Sunday called for the federal gove...
Jan 04, 2026

N.S. couple donates 46 acres for an ‘intentional community’ with affordable housing
HALIFAX - When Amy Hendricks and Paul Davie moved to Antigonish, N.S., from Yellowknife, they had a bit of a struggle on their hands: finding the right plot of land. "We thought, how hard could it be?...
Jan 04, 2026

Canada's oil sector shouldn't panic, stay competitive after Maduro's seizure: experts
EDMONTON - Two political scientists say U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in transforming Venezuela's oil-rich sector hasn't created panic or shaken up Canada's oil industry. Heather Exner-Pirot,...
Jan 04, 2026

Ribbon Skirt Day leader reflects on changes since her cultural attire was shamed
In Isabella Kulak's home is a box of about a few hundred letters, notes and hand-drawn pictures of ribbon skirts sent to her from across Canada and beyond - fan mail from those who consider her story ...
Jan 04, 2026

Rubio says US will press change in Venezuela with oil embargo, while Trump insists 'we're in charge'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing "oil quarantine" on the country, even as...
Jan 04, 2026
Boat capsizes in Nigeria's Yobe state, leaving 25 dead and 14 missing
YOBE, Nigeria (AP) - A passenger boat capsized in northern Nigeria's Yobe state, leaving at least 25 people dead while 14 others remained missing, emergency services said Sunday. The boat was carrying...
Jan 04, 2026