Category Archives: Canadian Press
First day of spring brings another day of heat to many parts of B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is welcoming the first day of spring with another day of record-breaking warmth. Environment Canada says a massive ridge of high pressure is camped over the province, keep...
Mar 20, 2019
Montreal to remove crucifix from council chamber and place it in museum
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal announced Wednesday it will take down the crucifix that has hung in its council chamber for more than 80 years and move it to a new home. The issue of crucifixes in leg...
Mar 20, 2019
Iran's woes briefly go up in smoke during fire festival
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s many woes briefly went up in smoke as Iranians observed a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition known as the Festival of Fire. The celebration is held on the last Tuesday...
Mar 20, 2019
Prime minister defends Liberal budget measures as sales effort gets underway
OTTAWA - The Liberals will happily run on their economic record in the upcoming federal election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday, despite the billions of dollars they’ve a...
Mar 20, 2019
Dutch police question new suspect in tram shooting
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch police and prosecutors on Wednesday were pursuing “every lead there is” and questioning two suspects to establish whether the deadly shooting on a tram in th...
Mar 20, 2019
Mueller's fans venerate him - and nervously await report
Her family wanted a puppy, so Alicia Barnett dreamed they would find one that was smart, steady and a bit mysterious. She hoped their new addition could share a personality - and a name - with the man...
Mar 20, 2019
Trump says Ohio workers 'better love me,' renews McCain feud
LIMA, Ohio - President Donald Trump on Wednesday brought his re-election campaign to Ohio - a state essential to his 2020 strategy - touring a military tank plant and telling many of its cheering work...
Mar 20, 2019
Canadian pair fifth after short program at figure skating worlds
SAITAMA, Japan - Canada's Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro are fifth after the pairs short program on Wednesday at the world figure skating championships. Moore-Towers, of St. Catharines, Ont...
Mar 20, 2019
'There is death all over': Cyclone Idai toll rises above 300
CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe - Mozambique began three days of national mourning on Wednesday for more than 200 victims of Cyclone Idai, while the death toll in neighbouring Zimbabwe rose to more than 100 fro...
Mar 20, 2019
New Zealand police: Mosque gunman had planned a 3rd attack
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for...
Mar 20, 2019