Category Archives: Canadian Press
Overdoses on the road: Drugged driving rises as a menace
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An SUV crashed after all four occupants overdosed on heroin in North Carolina. The same day, a man in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, grabbed the steering wheel after his grandson lost co...
Aug 17, 2017
Search area expands for Army helicopter missing off Hawaii
HONOLULU - The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it was now searching up to 50 miles (80 kilometres) off Hawaii for five soldiers missing after their Black Hawk helicopter crashed during nighttime traini...
Aug 17, 2017
Kabul catwalk: Afghan models show off traditional clothing
KABUL - Amid tight security, over two dozen young models, including six women, strutted down the catwalk in the garden of a private Kabul villa, proudly displaying the traditional clothing and costume...
Aug 17, 2017
Scheer says he won't do interviews with the Rebel, citing editorial direction
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Thursday he’ll do no further interviews with conservative news outlet the Rebel until it changes its editorial direction, following its coverage o...
Aug 17, 2017
Some New Brunswick lobster fishermen park boats, concerned with low prices
SHEDIAC, N.B. - Some lobster fishermen in eastern New Brunswick tied up their boats and remained onshore Thursday in a protest over the prices they’re getting for lobster. Fishermen in ports suc...
Aug 17, 2017
8 charged in Thailand's latest case of insulting monarchy
BANGKOK - At least eight people have been charged with insulting the monarchy for allegedly burning portraits of members of Thailand’s royal family, a legal aid group said Thursday . Thai Lawyer...
Aug 17, 2017
Charlottesville violence revives painful past for minorities
Bernard Lafayette fought to end segregation during the civil rights movement. But after watching events in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend and hearing President Donald Trump blame both sides f...
Aug 17, 2017
SeaWorld veterinarians euthanize orca that had lung disease
SAN DIEGO - SeaWorld euthanized one of the entertainment company’s last killer whales to come from the wild, marking the third orca death this year at one of its marine parks. Kasatka died Tuesd...
Aug 17, 2017
Figures show nearly 7,000 asylum seekers nabbed at Quebec border over six weeks
LACOLLE, Que. - Almost 7,000 asylum seekers have been intercepted at the Quebec-U.S. border in the last six weeks, authorities said Thursday. The RCMP’s Claude Castonguay said the force intercep...
Aug 17, 2017
Canadian subsidiary of French defence giant gets $5.2 billion contract
OTTAWA - The Canadian subsidiary of French defence industry giant Thales has been awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to service Canada’s new fleet of Arctic offshore patrol ships and joint s...
Aug 17, 2017