Category Archives: Canadian Press
The Latest: Trauma centre space for expected new patients
HOUSTON - The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local): 2:03 a.m. One of the nation’s busiest trauma centres is clearing space for an influx of patients it expects will need care once T...
Aug 28, 2017
Desert hosts traffic jams, makeshift airport for Burning Man
BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. - Tens of thousands have braved massive traffic jams to get to a remote stretch of Nevada desert for the annual Burning Man festival. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports festival go...
Aug 28, 2017
Thai police say Interpol has issued notice for Red Bull heir
BANGKOK - Interpol has issued an international request for the arrest of the billionaire heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, stepping up of the hunt for the fugitive Thai playboy wanted in a 20...
Aug 28, 2017
Toromont beefing up with $1.02-billion purchase of Hewitt heavy equipment business
MONTREAL - Toromont Industries sees the $1.02-billion purchase of rival heavy equipment supplier Hewitt Group as a way to take advantage of government infrastructure spending and a recovery of metal p...
Aug 28, 2017
Deep underground and back in time: a tour of the 'sacred' Bell Island mines
BELL ISLAND, N.L. - Alice Kennedy was well into her 70s before she ever saw the black, cold depths of the iron ore mine that sustained her family for generations. She took a public tour of the rocky l...
Aug 28, 2017
Eight-year-old boy among four people killed in head-on Newfoundland collision
WHITBOURNE, N.L. - An eight-year-old boy is among four people who died after a head-on crash in eastern Newfoundland Sunday. Two SUVs collided on an undivided section of the Trans-Canada Highway on th...
Aug 28, 2017
China law threatens 15 days of jail for improper anthem use
BEIJING - A proposed Chinese law threatens those making inappropriate use of the country’s national anthem with up to 15 days in jail, state media reported Monday, amid a surge in state-promoted...
Aug 28, 2017
Austrian police: Remains of missing hiker found on glacier
VIENNA - Austrian police say that an alpine guide touring a glacier has found the partially-mummified remains of a man believed to be that of a German hiker who went missing decades ago. A police stat...
Aug 28, 2017
Climate change seen as cause for mudslide in Switzerland
GENEVA - The effects of climate change are partially to blame for a mudslide through a southeastern village that left eight people missing after a massive chunk of rock broke off an Alpine mountainsid...
Aug 28, 2017
Poland and Italy investigating gang rape attack on couple
WARSAW, Poland - Poland has opened an investigation into the suspected gang rape of a Polish tourist on a popular Italy beach, while Italian prosecutors said Monday they have gathered evidence that sh...
Aug 28, 2017