Category Archives: Canadian Press
Burgess Shale fossils add branches to tree of life, says Royal Society report
VICTORIA - The tiny remains of an extinct bug-like creature discovered at British Columbia’s 500-million-year-old Burgess Shale fossil deposit add a new branch to the evolutionary tree of life, ...
Jan 16, 2019
Police chief confirms all three Ottawa bus victims were on board when it crashed
OTTAWA - All three people killed in last week’s deadly bus accident were passengers on the bus when it crashed, Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau confirmed Wednesday. Bordeleau provided an u...
Jan 16, 2019
Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur has case put over to end of January
TORONTO - An alleged serial killer who faces murder charges in the deaths of eight men with ties to Toronto’s gay village has had his case put over to the end of January. Bruce McArthur made a b...
Jan 16, 2019
National dementia strategy should include input from patients, caregivers: report
TORONTO - An expert panel has released a report outlining the best ways to tackle the growing incidence of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia among Canadians as a basis for the federal gove...
Jan 16, 2019
US weighs new ways to detect and track enemy missiles
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering ways to expand U.S. homeland and overseas defences against a potential missile attack, possibly adding a layer of satellites in space to detect and...
Jan 16, 2019
Huawei founder says company would not share user secrets
SHENZHEN, China - The founder of China’s Huawei, the world’s biggest supplier of network gear to phone and internet companies, says his company would not share secrets about its customers ...
Jan 16, 2019
Philippines arrests, hands over to China corruption fugitive
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine officials have turned over to China a former government official wanted for alleged economic crime and corruption. Xie Haojie (SHEE’-ye hao-JEE’-ye) was ar...
Jan 16, 2019
US assessment raises concerns over China attacking Taiwan
WASHINGTON - Amid increasing tensions with Beijing, the Pentagon has released a new report that lays out U.S. concerns about China’s growing military might, underscoring worries about a possible...
Jan 16, 2019
2 Cambodian opposition politicians get bans dropped
PHNON PENH, Cambodia - A veteran Cambodian politician and his son on Wednesday became the first among 118 opposition members banned from politics for five years to have the restriction lifted. Kong Ko...
Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Columbus 4 New Jersey 1 N.Y. Islanders 2 St. Louis 1 (OT) N.Y. Rangers 6 Carolina 2 Montreal 5 Florida 1 Detroit 3 Anaheim 1 Nashville 7 Washington 2 Minnesota 3 Los Angeles ...
Jan 15, 2019