Category Archives: Canadian Press
Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon
SEATTLE - Harbour seals, sea lions and some fish-eating killer whales have been rebounding along the Northeast Pacific Ocean in recent decades. But that boom has come with a trade-off: They’re d...
Nov 20, 2017
AP Interview: Scaramucci says don't rule out beltway return
JERUSALEM - Anthony Scaramucci may be out at the White House, but the short-lived former communications director says his political career is not over. Scaramucci said in an interview that although he...
Nov 20, 2017
Alabama inmate escapes custody for 2nd time in under 30 days
ROCKFORD, Ala. - Authorities say an Alabama inmate who has escaped custody for the second time in less than a month is considered armed and dangerous. Shane Anthony Vernon, 27, escaped on Sunday aroun...
Nov 20, 2017
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip celebrate 70th anniversary
LONDON - Britain marked the 70th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip on Monday with a peal of bells, a set of portraits and some commemorative stamps. The then-Prin...
Nov 20, 2017
Report sets exercise guidelines for young kids, including 'tummy time' for babies
TORONTO - New guidelines set the minimum amount of activity that toddlers, preschoolers and even babies should get each day. The new report was developed by experts including the Canadian Society for ...
Nov 20, 2017
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna dies at 49
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Jana Novotna, who won the hearts of the tennis world by sobbing on the shoulder of a member of the British royal family after a tough loss in the Wimbledon final, has died at ...
Nov 20, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Nov. 20
Six stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 20 --- CANADIANS TOLD TO BRACE FOR ‘CLASSIC’ WINTER One of Canada's high profile weather forecasters is warning Canadians to brace for a whole lot ...
Nov 20, 2017
NDP's Malcolmson seeks secret ballot vote of MPs to save bill on abandoned boats
OTTAWA - In a show of backbencher strength, NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson could become the first MP in history to force her colleagues in the House of Commons into a secret ballot to save a piece of legisl...
Nov 20, 2017
McKenna says amendment signed to Montreal Protocol
MONTREAL - An amendment to the Montreal Protocol has been signed that will lower the levels of a type of greenhouse gas that warms the planet even more quickly than carbon dioxide, Environment Ministe...
Nov 20, 2017
Tuition refunds offered to students as Ontario college strike ends
TORONTO - Half a million Ontario college students have the option of walking away from a now-condensed fall semester with a full tuition refund in the aftermath of a five-week-long faculty strike. Stu...
Nov 20, 2017