Category Archives: Canadian Press
China strongly protests US arms sales to Taiwan
BEIJING - China on Friday strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be cancelled. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the sale ...
Jun 30, 2017
Germany legalizes same-sex marriage after Merkel U-turn
BERLIN - German lawmakers voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, a move widely supported across the country that brings Germany in line with many of its Western peers. Chancellor Angela Merkel vo...
Jun 30, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, June 30
Six stories in the news for Friday, June 30 --- NDP TO FORM MINORITY GOVERNMENT IN B.C. The NDP will form a minority government in British Columbia after the Liberals were defeated Thursday in a non-c...
Jun 30, 2017
Weapons watchdog finds sarin used in deadly attack in Syria
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An investigation by the international chemical weapons watchdog confirmed that sarin nerve gas was used in a deadly April 4 attack on a Syrian town, but a report released Frid...
Jun 30, 2017
B.C.'s new NDP premier wasn't always on the path to becoming a political leader
VANCOUVER - John Horgan’s fight for society’s underdogs started early in life. His father died from a brain aneurysm when he was 18 months old. Money was tight for his mother who struggled...
Jun 30, 2017
Oil price slump removes the 'outrageous' from Calgary Stampede party plans
CALGARY - Michael Werbisky fondly remembers getting the shaft at the posh Hyatt Regency Hotel during the Calgary Stampede about 10 years ago. The owner of Western Decor and Displays says he won a $50,...
Jun 30, 2017
A look at what B.C.'s new NDP government is promising, with help from the Greens
VICTORIA - Some of the key elements of a deal between the NDP and Green party on a minority government in British Columbia: - The legislature would be recalled within one month of the swearing in of a...
Jun 30, 2017
Prosecutor urges strong message with sentence of 18 months in child-bride case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A special prosecutor has asked a judge to send a strong message of denunciation in sentencing a man and woman who took a 13-year-old girl over the U.S. border to marry the now-impris...
Jun 30, 2017
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games CFL Week 2 Calgary 43 Ottawa 39 — MLB American League Baltimore 2 Toronto 0 Cleveland 5 Texas 1 Detroit 7 Kansas City 3 Houston 6 Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 4 Tampa Bay 0 Boston...
Jun 30, 2017
Ottawa's Diontae Spencer has big game in 43-39 loss to Stampeders
CALGARY - Diontae Spencer did his best to keep the Ottawa Redblacks within striking distance of the Calgary Stampeders on Thursday night. Despite Spencer’s two-touchdown performance and three ca...
Jun 30, 2017