Category Archives: Canadian Press
Whale-watching comes under scrutiny at South Africa meeting
JOHANNESBURG - Whale-watching is a growing tourist business in many parts of the world, and delegates to an international whale conference in South Africa say guidelines to protect the animals are inc...
Jun 30, 2017
Obama makes nostalgic trip to his Indonesia childhood home
BOGOR, Indonesia - Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his family arrived Friday in his childhood home of Jakarta on the last leg of a 10-day vacation in Indonesia, where they visited ancient templ...
Jun 30, 2017
Missing young woman was likely murdered, Newfoundland police believe
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police believe Cortney Lake - the young Newfoundland mother whose disappearance generated an outpouring of concern - was murdered. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Fri...
Jun 30, 2017
Hundreds line the streets in Ontario to meet Prince Charles, Camilla
WELLINGTON, Ont. - Hundreds of royal-watchers lined the streets of a picturesque, eastern Ontario village Friday to try and get a glimpse of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on the second d...
Jun 30, 2017
Police get man to surrender after he allegedly challenges them to shoot him
HALIFAX - Police say they were able to encourage a knife-wielding man to surrender after he allegedly challenged them to shoot him. Officers say they were called at about 12:30 a.m. to Duffus Street i...
Jun 30, 2017
Order of Canada marks 50 years with quintessential Canadian additions
OTTAWA - Peter McAuslan was 21 in 1967 when he took three weeks to hitchhike from Vancouver to Montreal, stopping in local pubs to watch the Stanley Cup final along the way. The trip across the countr...
Jun 30, 2017
A quick glance at a few of the new recipients of the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Rideau Hall is adding 99 new members to the Order of Canada, which turns 50 this year. Gov.-Gen. David Johnston said the individuals on today’s list, just like those appointed half a ce...
Jun 30, 2017
The full list of additions to, and promotions in the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - The Order of Canada is receiving 99 new members. Here is the full list of new members and those who have received promotions (denoted by *) within the three levels of the order. Companions Pe...
Jun 30, 2017
MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts fire back at Trump Twitter blasts
NEW YORK - “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski said Friday that President Donald Trump lied about their December encounter in a tweet and that his “unhealthy obse...
Jun 30, 2017
Simone Veil, iconic European feminist politician, dies at 89
PARIS - Simone Veil, a survivor of Nazi death camps and a European Parliament president who spearheaded abortion rights as one of France’s most prominent female politicians, died Friday at 89, h...
Jun 30, 2017