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Almost a third of police probes of diplomatic missions see subjects leave Canada
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
OTTAWA — Almost a third of police investigations involving members of foreign diplomatic missions in Canada between 2020 and 2025 saw the subjects of the probes leave the country before their cases could be resolved through the legal process. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access to information request list 67 incidents involving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!These patients without drug coverage are eagerly awaiting generic Ozempic in Canada
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
TORONTO — Anne Welch worked a physically demanding job at her local SPCA — lifting pets, cleaning kennels and walking dogs — until she retired at age 71. With the loss of that physical activity, coupled with an underactive thyroid, “the weight just started piling on,” the now-77 year old said in an interview from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Gibbons on Artemis, N.S. solar power, Alberta separation hearing
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … ‘Payoff day’: Jenni Gibbons on watching Artemis II crew make lunar history Canadian astronaut Jenni Gibbons is already reflecting on her brief but gratifying time bearing witness to history. On Monday, fellow Canadian Jeremy Hansen and his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Payoff day’: Jenni Gibbons on watching Artemis II crew make lunar history
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
Jenni Gibbons knows all too well the feelings of being tense — and tired. But the sometimes bated breath and fatigue aren’t hindering the Calgary-born astronaut from taking in the historic Artemis II mission from deep inside a NASA control room in Houston. “I’m truly so tired,” she told The Canadian Press late Monday. “But ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians encouraged to register as organ donors as Green Shirt Day returns
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
Green Shirt Day is back, and Canadians are being encouraged once more to register as organ donors. Green Shirt Day is a national campaign rooted in the legacy of an Alberta-born junior hockey player killed eight years ago in the Humboldt Broncos crash. Twenty-one-year-old defenceman Logan Boulet died from his injuries on April 7, 2018, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hearing on injunction filed by First Nation to stop Alberta separation to begin today
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
EDMONTON — An Alberta First Nation will be in court today seeking to shut down a petition urging the province to quit Confederation. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King’s Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on the grounds First Nations’ consent is required first. It is alleging ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nine of 10 abducted mine workers confirmed dead, B.C. firm says
By Canadian Press on April 6th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted in January says nine of them have been found dead. Vizsla Silver Corp. said in a statement on its website Monday that it is in contact with the family of the one worker who remains missing. CEO Michael ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: nine of 10 abducted mine workers confirmed dead, B.C. firm says
By Canadian Press on April 6th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted in January says nine of them have been found dead. The statement posted on the website of Vizsla Silver Corp. on Monday says it is in contact with the family of the one worker who remains missing. More ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C.’s latest credit downgrade signals ‘something wrong’ with finances: economist
By Canadian Press on April 6th, 2026
VICTORIA — An economist says the latest downgrade for British Columbia’s credit rating will discourage companies from investing in the province. Standard & Poor’s global ratings lowered its rating this month for B.C. to A from A-plus after Moody’s lowered its rating to double-A-one from double-A-two a few weeks after the provincial budget was released. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No difference between suspending and amending DRIPA, says First Nations leader
By Canadian Press on April 6th, 2026
VICTORIA — A First Nations leader in B.C. says Premier David Eby’s plan to suspend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act will create less certainty, especially because the NDP may not be in government three years from now. Judith Sayers, president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, says the climate for reconciliation during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: Artemis II record-breaking lunar flyby
By Canadian Press on April 6th, 2026
As the Artemis II astronauts set a new record for being the farthest humans from Earth during a lunar flyby, Canadian Jeremy Hansen said they hoped others would soon go even farther. The six-hour flyby is the highlight of NASA’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era, with three Americans and one Canadian ... Read More »
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