Category Archives: Canadian Press
'I do:" Bride rolls down aisle in wheelchair, hospital gown
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia couple had their hearts set on their wedding date and they weren’t going to let a trip to the emergency room get in the way. WSAZ-TV (http://bit.ly/2q0XOuV) r...
May 09, 2017
Scientists in South Africa reveal more on human-like species
JOHANNESBURG - A species belonging to the human family tree whose remnants were first discovered in a South African cave in 2013 lived several hundred thousand years ago, indicating that the creature ...
May 09, 2017
South African wildlife officials locate escaped lions
JOHANNESBURG - Officials in South Africa are rounding up five male lions that escaped from Kruger National Park, the country’s biggest wildlife reserve. The national parks service said on Twitte...
May 09, 2017
Pepe croaks: Cartoonist kills off frog turned hate symbol
The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has killed off the character in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed a benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol. A Pepe cartoon ...
May 09, 2017
Seven stories in the news today, May 9
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, May 9 --- BODY OF MAN MISSING IN QUEBEC FLOODS FOUND; CHILD STILL MISSING Police in Quebec say the body of Mike Gagnon, 37, of Saint-Anne-des-Monts, has been rec...
May 09, 2017
Germany arrests 2 suspected Islamic extremists from Syria
BERLIN - German authorities arrested two Syrians suspected of fighting for extremist groups in their homeland, including one who allegedly administered a strategically important dam in eastern Syria f...
May 09, 2017
Giant air tanker used to attack growing Georgia wildfire
Firefighters called up a giant air tanker to attack a rapidly growing wildfire that threatened homes Tuesday on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp near the Georgia-Florida state line. The modified DC-10...
May 09, 2017
Iranian state TV: Death toll in mine explosion rises to 42
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian search crews have found seven more bodies at the site of last week’s coal mine explosion in northern Golestan province, raising the number of confirmed fatalities in the i...
May 09, 2017
French ex-PM Valls wants to join Macron's movement
PARIS - Manuel Valls, the former French prime minister, said Tuesday he wants to turn his back on the Socialists and run under President-elect Emmanuel Macron’s new political movement. It’...
May 09, 2017
Mom of toddler found dead near Edmonton church attacked on social media: friends
EDMONTON - Members of an indigenous community in central Alberta are angry that strangers are using social media to attack the mother of a toddler who was found dead near a church last month. The body...
May 09, 2017