Category Archives: Canadian Press
US Air Force official: Missile targeting Saudis was Iranian
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran manufactured the ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Shiite rebels toward the Saudi capital and remnants of it bore “Iranian markings,” the top U.S....
Nov 10, 2017
AP Interview: UNESCO chief says US "empty chair" can't last
PARIS - New UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay has rebuked the U.S. for its decision to withdraw from the U.N. cultural body for alleged anti-Israel bias and says America is “affected by everythingR...
Nov 10, 2017
Swedish radio station: Pirate broadcaster plays ISIS song
STOCKHOLM - A Swedish radio station says a pirate broadcaster briefly broke into its Friday morning show and broadcast an English-language pop song urging Westerners to join the Islamic State group. J...
Nov 10, 2017
Driver owes $158K in fines: 'You never know what you're going to find'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland police are calling it “extraordinary”- officers recently stopped a driver who owes $158,000 in unpaid fines. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says ...
Nov 10, 2017
Ontario provincial park closed 'until further notice' due to land claim demonstration
A southwestern Ontario provincial park has been closed to the public after demonstrators set up a trailer at the front gate in support of what police said was a land claim. The trailer was parked at t...
Nov 10, 2017
Newfoundland woman says paperwork gaffe nixed costly bid to reunite with family
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman says one wrong checked box in a stack of paperwork wiped out thousands of dollars and years of effort to bring her family to Canada from India. Leena Raju...
Nov 10, 2017
Report: IS leader may be in eastern Syrian city of Boukamal
BEIRUT - A media outlet linked to the Syrian military said Friday that the Islamic State group’s leader may be holed up in an IS pocket in the eastern town of Boukamal, which government forces a...
Nov 10, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Nov. 10
Seven stories in the news for Friday, Nov. 10 --- PM TRUDEAU HOLDS BILATERAL TALKS AT APEC SUMMIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held bilateral meetings today with the president of Mexico and the prime...
Nov 10, 2017
Chinese-Canadian veterans fought in secret WWII unit and helped changed laws
VANCOUVER - Giant monkeys in the jungle are what Ronald Lee remembers most about his Second World War “adventure” in Burma as part of a dangerous and secret British-led operation. “T...
Nov 10, 2017
Out of the shadows: Canada's special forces face unique mental-health challenges
OTTAWA - Retired Sgt. Toby Miller can easily remember the day he was injured by an improvised-explosive device in Afghanistan. It was April 2, 2011 - his 41st birthday, and the beginning of the end of...
Nov 10, 2017