Category Archives: Canadian Press
Six stories in the news for today, Aug. 31
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 31 --- TORY MP GERRY RITZ SET TO RESIGN: SOURCES Gerry Ritz, one of the longest serving Conservative members of Parliament, is set to leave federal political...
Aug 31, 2017
Triple-digit heat hampers fight against western US wildfires
RENO, Nev. - Triple-digit heat across much of the U.S. West hampered crews battling scores of wildfires Thursday, including one threatening dozens of structures in Montana and another that temporarily...
Aug 31, 2017
Public mourns Princess Diana on 20th anniversary of death
LONDON - Kathy Martin joined the stream of visitors laying tributes to Princess Diana outside the gates of Kensington Palace on Thursday, just as she did 20 years ago. The 55-year-old Diana devotee vi...
Aug 31, 2017
Rescuers at India building collapse find 15 injured, 33 dead
MUMBAI, India - Rescuers worked through the night removing the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in India’s financial capital of Mumbai where at least 33 people have died and nearly a doz...
Aug 31, 2017
Hearing seeking easing of bail conditions for Omar Khadr cancelled
EDMONTON - A hearing to determine whether bail conditions for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr should be eased allowing him unsupervised visits with his controversial sister did not go ahead ...
Aug 31, 2017
Philpott looks to bring Indigenous health delivery to new department
OTTAWA - Newly minted Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her new department will likely include the delivery of health services for First Nations and Inuit - an area previously under her ...
Aug 31, 2017
B.C. ruling that found ministry failed to protect kids from sex abuse overturned
VANCOUVER - A court ruling that found social workers in British Columbia failed to protect kids from sexual abuse by their father has been overturned after it sparked widespread condemnation of the Ch...
Aug 31, 2017
US flies bombers, fighters in show of force against N. Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballis...
Aug 31, 2017
LA's popular Angels Flight about to reach for heavens again
LOS ANGELES - Angels Flight, Los Angeles’ beloved little railroad, is about to start reaching for the heavens again. The funky little funicular that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the to...
Aug 31, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Boston 7 Toronto 1 Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 1, 1st game Baltimore 8 Seattle 7 Cleveland 9 N.Y. Yankees 4, 2nd game Texas 8 Houston 1 Minnesota 11 Chicago Wh...
Aug 31, 2017