Category Archives: The Canadian Press
1,400 annual deaths linked to wildfire smoke in Canada: climate and health report
A new global health report suggests that every year from 2020 to 2024 about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke pollution as climate change takes an increasing toll on the count...
Oct 28, 2025
White House urged firing live bombs, not dummies, for Trump's visit to Navy celebration: AP sources
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service's 250th anniversar...
Oct 28, 2025
Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in Istanbul failed after four days
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan's information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the Tal...
Oct 28, 2025
Florida man executed for the 1998 rape and murder of his neighbor
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in Florida this year. Norman Mearle Grim Jr. was ...
Oct 28, 2025
North Korea says it test-fired cruise missiles ahead of Trump’s visit to South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Wednesday it fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters, in another display of its growing military capabilities as U.S. President Donald T...
Oct 28, 2025
Quebec medical specialists announce legal challenge of new compensation law
QUBEC - Medical specialists in Quebec are planning a legal challenge to a recent law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians, which they say violates individual freedoms. The bill, whi...
Oct 28, 2025
Tax agency looking at AI, training to help call centre staff provide accurate answers
OTTAWA - A senior official working at the Canada Revenue Agency says the agency is looking to artificial intelligence and better training to help call centre agents provide more accurate answers to ta...
Oct 28, 2025
Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left ...
Oct 28, 2025
Why Shohei Ohtani's fans in Canada and beyond say he's 'bigger than baseball'
The Los Angeles Dodgers' defence was crumbling against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series, and pressure was mounting on L.A. players as the game got closer to the end. The boos that s...
Oct 28, 2025
Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
MONTREAL - Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies announced Tuesday during a Ca...
Oct 28, 2025