Category Archives: Canadian Press
Photos from Japan space rovers show rocky asteroid surface
TOKYO - Japan’s space agency says more than 200 photos taken by two small rovers on an asteroid show no signs of a smooth area for the planned touchdown of a spacecraft early next year. The Japa...
Dec 13, 2018
Canseco makes pitch for chief of staff job in tweet to Trump
NEW YORK - Jose Canseco (kan-SAY’-koh) is ready to take a swing at politics. The former major league slugger has made his pitch for a big job at the White House, tweeting Wednesday to President ...
Dec 13, 2018
Mexican authorities say body of missing Quebec woman found near resort
MONTREAL - Mexican authorities say they have found the body of a missing Quebec woman whose partner returned to the province alone and promptly committed suicide. Christine St-Onge hadn’t been h...
Dec 13, 2018
UK PM May says she will leave by 2022 election
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that she will step down before the country holds its next scheduled national election in 2022. Arriving at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursda...
Dec 13, 2018
Biographical sketches of 2 Canadians detained in China
BEIJING - Two Canadian citizens were detained in China recently after Canada seized a Chinese business executive wanted by the U.S. over allegations of deceptive banking practices and breaking sanctio...
Dec 13, 2018
In the news today, Dec. 13
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Dec. 13 --- CHINA CONFIRMS DETENTION OF TWO CANADIANS Two Canadian men have been detained in China on suspicion of “endangering national security,” t...
Dec 13, 2018
Coach accused of sexual assault says apology letter was misinterpreted
SARNIA, Ont. - A former high-ranking gymnastics coach accused of sexual assault told his trial Thursday that when he apologized to his accuser for “crossing the line,” he wasn’t refe...
Dec 13, 2018
'People talk about deep sadness:' Scientists study climate change grief
His canvases are painted from first-hand observation by a brush wielded in the outdoors and glow with the colours of the Canadian wilderness. But British Columbia artist Dominik Modlinski doesn’...
Dec 13, 2018
Huawei and 5G: Experts clash on the risk to Canada's national security
OTTAWA - Allowing Chinese firm Huawei Technologies to help build Canada’s 5G wireless networks could give Beijing backdoor access to revealing data about Canadians, security analysts warn. But a...
Dec 13, 2018
'My life is held in suspension:' Omar Khadr wants changes to bail conditions
EDMONTON - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr says he will continue to fight for his freedom. Khadr, 32, was in an Edmonton courtroom Thursday to apply for changes to bail conditions which were...
Dec 13, 2018