Category Archives: Canadian Press
House GOP approves Trump's wall money as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funds hurled the federal government closer to a shutdown as the Republican-led House approved a package Thursday with his $5.7 billio...
Dec 20, 2018
One person trapped on damaged pier in White Rock, B.C., hoisted to safety
VANCOUVER - A person who was stranded on a pier in White Rock, B.C., has been rescued after part of the structure collapsed in strong winds. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says on T...
Dec 20, 2018
Lev Tahor children return to Quebec amid reports of sect leadership arrests in Mexico
MONTREAL - Quebec youth protection officials say an unspecified number of children who were with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor have recently returned to the province. Myriam Sabourin, a spo...
Dec 20, 2018
Mattis outlines strategic hazards facing next Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON - The extraordinary resignation letter that Defence Secretary Jim Mattis handed to a surprised President Donald Trump was not just a product of two years of accumulating frustration with an...
Dec 20, 2018
Former NFL receiver Green-Beckham arrested in Missouri raid
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Police say former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham has been arrested after diving through a glass window when officers arrived to search a Missouri house. The Springfield News...
Dec 20, 2018
Huawei espionage for Beijing would make no sense given massive risk, exec says
OTTAWA - The fallout would be catastrophic if Huawei Canada used its role in a next-generation 5G wireless network to conduct espionage on behalf of Beijing, says a senior company official. Critics wa...
Dec 20, 2018
Court hears people in naked kidnapping case had shared psychotic disorder
LEDUC, Alta. - An Alberta judge says three people involved in a bizarre kidnapping engaged in pseudo medical science while discussing the state of the world before they succumbed to a rare, shared but...
Dec 20, 2018
First of 17 remote First Nations connected to Ontario's power grid
TORONTO - The first of 17 remote First Nations has been connected to Ontario’s power grid under a $1.6-billion expansion project. The diesel generating station in Pikangikum First Nation, more t...
Dec 20, 2018
Five people injured in hit-and-runs in Langley, B.C., man arrested
LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - The RCMP say five people were injured after a series of hit-and-runs in Langley and Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday night. None of the injuries are considered life-thr...
Dec 20, 2018
Girl, 3, to make full recovery after being run over in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A three-year-old girl whose midsection was run over by an SUV in Prince George, B.C., is expected to make a full recovery. Police say it happened Wednesday in a retail strip-mall...
Dec 20, 2018