Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Population growth in Q2 fell to slowest pace on record for quarter excluding pandemic
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population grew at its slowest pace for a second quarter since comparable record keeping began in 1946, excluding 2020 when the pandemic hit. The agency s...
Sep 24, 2025

Offer for Alberta teachers includes same pay with COVID shots, voting starts Saturday
EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's...
Sep 24, 2025

Quebec government bans gender-neutral pronouns in official state documents
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is banning the use of recently invented gender-neutral words in all official communications, in what it says is an attempt to protect the integrity of the French langu...
Sep 24, 2025

Ottawa planning 'refreshed' AI strategy, data protection bill
MONTREAL - The federal government is putting together a task force to guide its next steps on artificial intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon is promising an update to the g...
Sep 24, 2025

1 detainee killed and 2 others critically injured in Dallas ICE facility, Homeland Security says
DALLAS (AP) - A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing one detainee and wounding two others before...
Sep 24, 2025

Malawi President Chakwera concedes defeat in election, with former leader on course for victory
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - President Lazarus Chakwera conceded defeat Wednesday in Malawi's elections, saying former leader Peter Mutharika is the "presumptive winner" of the southern African nation's pr...
Sep 24, 2025

In the news today: P.M. wraps up U.N. visit, Ontario office return upsets sales plans
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney wraps up trip to UN General Assembly Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are many possibilities for C...
Sep 24, 2025

Interim stay of cull order turns despair to joy on B.C. ostrich farm
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside ...
Sep 24, 2025

Carney sees possibilities for Canada as he wraps up trip to UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can find opportunities in crisis after attending this week's United Nations General Assembly in New York - where U.S. President Donald Trump use...
Sep 24, 2025

In-office rules for public servants thwarting plan to sell off space, government says
OTTAWA - Public Services and Procurement Canada says its plan to sell off or lease surplus office space has been derailed in part by the government's push to increase the number of days public servant...
Sep 24, 2025