Category Archives: Canadian Press
Insulating skin on high-rises has fueled fires before London
For the last decade, engineers specializing in fire safety have worried about the hidden danger posed by the kind of insulated metallic skin that transported flames up a high-rise apartment building i...
Jun 18, 2017
Islamic State poses a growing threat to Southeast Asia
WASHINGTON - Southeast Asia’s jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to home in the southern Philippines. It’s ...
Jun 18, 2017
All hands on deck for emergency personnel bracing for Canada 150 bash in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Be alert but not alarmed, police are urging Canadians who will congregate under the Peace Tower next month for Canada 150 celebrations - a massive public gathering for which intelligence agen...
Jun 18, 2017
Hundreds of thousands at Brazil's massive gay pride parade
SAO PAULO - Hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in Sao Paulo on Sunday for one of the world’s largest gay pride parades with this year’s event focusing on the threat of religious fu...
Jun 18, 2017
Toronto FC young striker Jordan Hamilton looks to make the most of his chances
TORONTO - Two shots, two goals. Jordan Hamilton has made the most of his 64 minutes of league action with Toronto FC this year. The latest was a delightful glancing header that sealed Toronto’s ...
Jun 18, 2017
Israel goodwill Ramadan efforts cut after Palestinian attack
JERUSALEM - Israel revoked on Sunday the permits of 200,000 Palestinians to enter Israel that were approved for the holy month of Ramadan following two near simultaneous Palestinian attacks on police ...
Jun 18, 2017
Conservationists: Imperiled Atlantic salmon decline worsens
BANGOR, Maine - Fewer of North America’s Atlantic salmon are making it back to rivers to spawn, which bodes poorly for the future of the imperiled fish, an international conservation group says....
Jun 18, 2017
Canada's fed-prov finance ministers to start deep dive on marijuana taxation
OTTAWA - As the country’s finance ministers meet in Ottawa, the Trudeau government should expect to hear concerns about the added burden marijuana legalization could heap onto provincial shoulde...
Jun 18, 2017
De Grasse runs blistering - but wind-aided - 9.69 to win in Stockholm
A stiff breeze may have kept sprint star Andre De Grasse from a Canadian record. But with his blistering victory in the 100 metres at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm on Sunday, the 22-year-old fr...
Jun 18, 2017
Jury finds Halifax medical student guilty of first-degree murder
HALIFAX - The mother of a slain university student says she’ll keep searching for her son’s body, with or without the help of his killer. William Sandeson, a Halifax medical student, was f...
Jun 18, 2017