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Memorial masses to be held throughout the city 40 days after Lapu Lapu tragedy
VANCOUVER - Members of Vancouver's Filipino community and others will honour and pray for victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack at a memorial mass today, 40 days after the tragedy that left 11 peop...
Jun 5, 2025
McGuinty says Ottawa reviewing defence spending 'top to bottom' ahead of NATO summit
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans "from top to bottom" as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels not seen sinc...
Jun 5, 2025
Canada Post union files labour practices complaint
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post related to ongoing contract bargaining. The union alleges in the complaint that ...
Jun 5, 2025
Body of Israeli-Canadian Judih Weinstein held by Hamas recovered
OTTAWA - Israel has recovered the bodies of two hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, including one Canadian citizen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s...
Jun 5, 2025
Midsummer's Eve fundraiser to run in mid-July
The annual fundraiser in support of the the arts will be held in Coldstream this summer.The 39th annual Midsummer's Eve of the Arts will take place July 16 at the Coldstream Community Hall and Cenotap...
Jun 5, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Canada posts largest merchandise trade deficit on record
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April at $7.1 billion as exports fell 10.8 per cent. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jun 5, 2025
Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza Strip
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes overnight and into...
Jun 5, 2025
Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza Strip
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes overnight and into...
Jun 5, 2025
In the news today: Steelmakers urge Ottawa to match Trump tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Steel firms, workers to meet with MPs in Ottawa urging tariff action against U.S. Canadian steel companies and...
Jun 5, 2025
David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a Democrat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president's adopted home state of Florida, and that he's running as a ...
Jun 5, 2025
