Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police remove 'angry' beaver that stopped traffic on Barrie, Ont., road
BARRIE, Ont. - Police say officers had to remove an angry beaver that stopped traffic north of Toronto. Barrie, Ont., police say they were called to a roadway around 9:30 p.m. last Friday where office...
May 09, 2017
Wish you were here? V&A museum puts Pink Floyd on show
LONDON - The Victoria & Albert Museum’s new exhibition is a psychedelic time capsule of a show devoted to the band Pink Floyd, complete with floating pigs, surreal animations and trippy proj...
May 09, 2017
Kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight writing second book
NEW YORK - Michelle Knight, one of three survivors from being kidnapped and held for years in a Cleveland house, is writing a follow-up to her bestselling memoir about her ordeal. Weinstein Books told...
May 09, 2017
More troops deployed as flood situation improves gradually in Quebec
MONTREAL - As water levels in Quebec showed signs of dropping slightly Tuesday, authorities urged people to be patient and warned the situation will not return to normal for several weeks. “The ...
May 09, 2017
'Their light will always shine:' Ceremony marks Westray mine disaster
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Twenty-five years after she lost her husband to one of Nova Scotia’s worst coal mining disasters, Darlene Dollimont-Svenson still finds it difficult talking about the life th...
May 09, 2017
Avalanche kills 3 people in French Alps
PARIS - French officials say that three people have died in an avalanche that struck the ski resort of Bonneval-sur-Arc in the Alps. The Savoie prefecture said the avalanche struck around noon (1000 G...
May 09, 2017
Liberal candidate apologizes to Down syndrome groups for Twitter comments
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Liberal candidate who was dropped over comments he made on social media in 2013 is apologizing for his behaviour. Pictou East candidate Matthew MacKnight issued a brief stateme...
May 09, 2017
Liberals' communications director quits amid questions about domestic assault
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says his campaign communications director resigned because he felt “under attack” after the Tories questioned the appropriateness of hiring som...
May 09, 2017
Germany arrests second soldier in alleged far-right plot
BERLIN - German authorities arrested a second soldier Tuesday on allegations he was part of a far-right plot to assassinate prominent political figures and blame the attack on refugees in a case that ...
May 09, 2017
Resilient Senators on the verge of advancing to Eastern Conference final
NEW YORK - The Ottawa Senators have a chance to advance to the Eastern Conference final for the first time in a decade with a win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. If the previous games in t...
May 09, 2017