Category Archives: Canadian Press
US Postal Service issuing new Thoreau stamp at Walden Pond
CONCORD, Mass. - The U.S. Postal Service is dedicating its new Henry David Thoreau postage stamp at a ceremony at Walden Pond, where the 19th century American philosopher and naturalist spent two year...
May 21, 2017
Man left trying to explain how car ended up in swimming pool
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A North Carolina man is trying to explain how his car ended up in a swimming pool. Local news outlets report someone noticed the empty car submerged in the swimming pool at a Win...
May 21, 2017
Cincinnati Zoo gorilla exhibit scheduled to reopen in June
CINCINNATI - An expanded Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo is scheduled to open in early June shortly after the one year anniversary of the shooting death of an endangered gorilla named Hara...
May 21, 2017
Ark bearing popular Saint Nicholas' relics come to Moscow
MOSCOW - Relics of Saint Nicholas, one of the Russian Orthodox Church’s most revered figures, arrived in Moscow on Sunday from an Italian church where they have lain for 930 years. Intense media...
May 21, 2017
Gay former Ontario Hockey League player disappointed in Ryan Getzlaf
Brock McGillis couldn’t hide his disappointment when he heard Ryan Getzlaf’s statement after the Anaheim Ducks captain was punished for apparently using a homophobic slur during an NHL pla...
May 21, 2017
Pope to kids: I wasn't 'bravo' at soccer, so I played goalie
ROME - Pope Francis has told children at an Italian sports centre he didn’t play soccer very well as a youth and was stuck with the nickname “tough leg.” An 11-year-old boy asked Fra...
May 21, 2017
Djokovic announces Agassi will coach him at French Open
ROME - Novak Djokovic is joining forces with Andre Agassi in an effort to return to No. 1. Djokovic announced Sunday that Agassi will coach him at the French Open, which starts next Sunday. “I s...
May 21, 2017
Police watchdog review to include two recent cases of Indigenous youth
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - A police watchdog will include the recent cases of two teens in its systemic review of how the Thunder Bay Police Service investigates the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous p...
May 21, 2017
How schools became key issue in Nova Scotia election campaign: 'It's big'
HALIFAX - The leaders of Nova Scotia’s main opposition parties say they’re getting an earful from voters about education on the provincial campaign trail. “It’s big,” NDP...
May 21, 2017
Study finds that speeding up sepsis care can save lives
WASHINGTON - Minutes matter when it comes to treating sepsis, the killer condition that most Americans probably have never heard of, and new research shows it’s time they learn. Sepsis is the bo...
May 21, 2017