Category Archives: Canadian Press
Car thief in Norway gets trapped and calls police to get out
COPENHAGEN - A car thief had to call the police to ask for help after he was trapped inside the car he was trying to steal. Police in Trondheim said the young man, who wasn’t identified, called ...
Dec 24, 2018
Trump: 'Nothing new on the shutdown' on Day 3 of closure
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump met Monday with his Homeland Security secretary and other officials to discuss border security issues as a partial government shutdown over his U.S.-Mexico border w...
Dec 24, 2018
Residents of Saturna Island, B.C., getting together for Christmas dinner
SATURNA ISLAND, B.C. - Lorna Archer-Quinn will be joining other residents of Saturna Island in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia for a warm community dinner on Christmas. A 12-year resident of th...
Dec 24, 2018
Spread of invasive species in Canada costs billions, changes environment
VANCOUVER - For two decades experts have been carefully nursing a community of endangered northern leopard frogs in B.C.’s Kootenay region but invasive bullfrogs and fish threaten to muscle in, ...
Dec 24, 2018
Mattis' permanent replacement likely to face close scrutiny
WASHINGTON - The departure of Defence Secretary Jim Mattis in a week will thrust President Donald Trump’s largely unknown choice for acting Pentagon chief into the military hot seat and shift at...
Dec 24, 2018
Santa gets pushed out as China's leaders emphasize tradition
SHANGHAI - It took less than 24 hours for all the Christmas trees, lights and bells to disappear from a 27-story shopping and office complex in the Chinese city of Nanyang. Even the giant teddy bear a...
Dec 24, 2018
Sydney apartment high-rise evacuated amid cracking noises
SYDNEY, Australia - More than 3,000 people living in or near a 36-story apartment high-rise at Sydney’s Olympic Park were evacuated Monday after residents reported hearing cracking noises. Firef...
Dec 24, 2018
Death toll climbs past 370 in Indonesian tsunami disaster
TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia - Body bags were laid out along the shattered coastline as Indonesian authorities stepped up efforts to collect the dead and save the injured Monday in the aftermath of a tsu...
Dec 24, 2018
Finland uses special teams to beat Canada 5-2 in world junior tune-up
VANCOUVER - It’s a feeling Canada hopes not to experience again for the rest of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship. The Canadian team looked flat early and it proved costly in a 5-2 loss to...
Dec 23, 2018
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games (All times Eastern) NFL Cleveland 26, Cincinnati 18 Jacksonville 17, Miami 7 Indianapolis 28, N.Y. Giants 27 Dallas 27, Tampa Bay 20 New England 24, Buffalo 12 Atlanta 24, Carolin...
Dec 23, 2018