Category Archives: Canadian Press
2008 beheading on Greyhound bus cited for drop in Saskatchewan bus ridership
REGINA - The minister for Saskatchewan’s Crown Investments Corp. says a beheading on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba 10 years ago was the beginning of a steep decline in bus ridership in his provinc...
Jul 13, 2018
UK: Man gets life in prison for promoting Prince George plot
LONDON - An alleged Islamic State group supporter who encouraged attacks on 4-year-old Prince George of Britain has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years. Husnain Rashid maintain...
Jul 13, 2018
Canada Post supervisor visits woman after mail carrier pilfered her tomatoes
MONTREAL - Canada Post says a supervisor has apologized in person to a Montreal woman whose tomatoes were pilfered by a mail carrier. Spokesman Jon Hamilton says in an email to The Canadian Press the ...
Jul 13, 2018
Residents of northern Ontario community return home as forest fires continue to burn
TORONTO - The mayor of a northern Ontario community says residents have been allowed to return to homes they were forced to leave earlier this week as forest fires burned nearby. But Lorie Hunter, the...
Jul 13, 2018
B.C. real estate market tips to balance amid new mortgage rules: association
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tighter mortgage rules and lower demand are bringing the provincial housing market into balance. The association says 7,884 units were sol...
Jul 13, 2018
Parody account targeting Iqra Khalid deletes tweets after Liberal MP's complaint
OTTAWA - A Twitter account billing itself as a parody of Iqra Khalid disappeared briefly but then returned Friday, its previous tweets deleted, after the Liberal MP complained about references to her ...
Jul 13, 2018
UK police say bottle was source of pair's Novichok poisoning
LONDON - British detectives investigating the poisoning of two people with a military grade nerve agent said Friday that a small bottle found in the home of one of the victims tested positive for Novi...
Jul 13, 2018
Trump faults Obama for US response to Russian hacking
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday scolded the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S. election - cyberattack...
Jul 13, 2018
Oklahoma town doubles in population for Woody Guthrie fest
OKEMAH, Okla. - Woody Guthrie’s Oklahoma hometown has doubled in population as thousands gather for a music festival in honour of the “This Land Is Your Land” singer. The Journal Rec...
Jul 13, 2018
Lulay returns from knee injury to Lions' starting quarterback role
VANCOUVER - Battered and bruised repeatedly over the course of his career, Travis Lulay is ready to return to action. The slumping B.C. Lions need their veteran quarterback - and Lulay is determined t...
Jul 13, 2018