Category Archives: Canadian Press
AP Interview: Surfer worked from bedroom to beat cyberattack
ILFRACOMBE, England - As a vast “ransomware” attack raced from computer to computer, infecting tens of thousands around the world, a young tech expert worked from his bedroom in England to...
May 16, 2017
Syrian government denies US allegations of mass killings
BEIRUT - Syria’s government says it “categorically” denies U.S. accusations of mass killings at a prison, including executions of political opponents, and burning the victims in a cr...
May 16, 2017
Nova Scotia NDP promising $15-a-day child care plan beginning next year
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia New Democrats are promising to bring in $15-a-day child care beginning next year if they win the May 30 provincial election, a pledge the other parties quickly dismissed as likel...
May 16, 2017
Vienna man turns up at hazmat site with 'live' hand grenade
VIENNA - A man in Vienna has turned up at a waste-disposal site with an apparently live World War II-era hand grenade. That was too much to handle even for trash collectors specializing in environment...
May 16, 2017
Eight stories in the news today, May 16
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, May 16 --- JAGMEET SINGH JOINS RACE FOR NDP LEADERSHIP Jagmeet Singh has launched his bid to leap from provincial politics to head the federal New Democrats. If ...
May 16, 2017
NAFTA checklist: A handy guide to key issues, as formal process set to start
WASHINGTON - The formal process in renegotiating the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement could begin any day. The U.S. administration says it will soon serve notice that it will enter discussions...
May 16, 2017
Vehicles, lack of hunting and nesting sites threaten urban barn owls: report
VANCOUVER - One of Canada’s largest populations of barn owls may be more aptly named bridge or overpass owls because they’re losing normal roosting spaces and struggling to adapt to urbani...
May 16, 2017
Federal government warned about perils of tightening tax amnesty program
OTTAWA - Within weeks, Ottawa is expected to unveil proposed restrictions to an income tax amnesty program that has raked in millions for federal coffers, but experts are warning the government to tre...
May 16, 2017
Aga Khan opens Ottawa pluralism centre, and board members blast Trump
OTTAWA - The Aga Khan returned Tuesday to Ottawa to unveil the new headquarters of an international organization that is positioning itself as an antidote of sorts to growing strains of populism and i...
May 16, 2017
National gas station count growing again thanks to stronger profit margins
CALGARY - The number of gasoline stations in Canada grew for the second consecutive year in 2016 after a 10-year decline that resulted in the loss of one in five outlets. The Kent Group’s annual...
May 16, 2017