Category Archives: Canadian Press
Prairie police chiefs call on Ottawa for help as meth-fuelled crime skyrockets
OTTAWA - Police chiefs say methamphetamine is fuelling a crime wave in some of Western Canada’s biggest cities as use of the highly addictive drug skyrockets across the Prairies. Calgary’s...
Dec 11, 2018
Trump to envoy Canada says Huawei arrest not political, but China rise is worrying
OTTAWA - China’s economic and political rise may be bad news for North American workers but the U.S. pursuit of a Huawei executive is a separate legal matter, says Donald Trump’s envoy to ...
Dec 11, 2018
Gunman kills 4, then himself, after Mass at Brazil cathedral
RIO DE JANEIRO - A man opened fire in a cathedral in southern Brazil after Mass on Tuesday, killing four people and wounding four more before taking a bullet in the ribs in a firefight with police and...
Dec 11, 2018
Postal union challenges constitutionality of government's back-to-work bill
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Post employees is taking the Trudeau government to court over the legislation that ended rotating strikes by its members. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers sa...
Dec 11, 2018
Lions hire former Stampeders DC DeVone Claybrooks as head coach
VANCOUVER - DeVone Claybrooks has finally found the right place to become a head coach. There have been other job opportunities in both the CFL and NFL, the 41-year-old said, but something was always ...
Dec 11, 2018
N.B. professor documents full rise and decline of astronomical event
SACKVILLE, N.B. - A New Brunswick physics professor says an astronomical discovery could give rare insight into the workings of the universe and advance the study of stellar evolution. Catherine Lovek...
Dec 11, 2018
Absentee Liberal MP defends himself in House of Commons speech
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP who’s stayed out of the House of Commons for months says he’s been busy with other important work. “Time spent in the House is a part of a member’s work b...
Dec 11, 2018
CBS meeting adjourns without discussing Moonves scandal
NEW YORK - CBS shareholders quickly elected a revamped 11-member board before their annual meeting adjourned without discussion of an investigation into sexual-misconduct claims against former CBS CEO...
Dec 11, 2018
Canadian lacrosse team's promotion fails to score big win with all fans
SASKATOON - A promotion by the Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League to get fans involved in a singalong of what has become a controversial Christmas favourite is being called silly and ta...
Dec 11, 2018
Police seek woman missing in Mexico after male travel companion dies by suicide
MONTREAL - Provincial police are asking anyone with information about a missing 41-year-old Quebec woman to come forward after she failed to return as planned last week from a beach holiday in Mexico....
Dec 11, 2018