Category Archives: Canada

Low survival rate for puffin chicks on New Brunswick island this year
MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND, N.B. - Barely more than a tenth of puffin chicks born on the barren landscape of Machias Seal Island this year survived, and scientists suggest climate change may be to blame. Res...
Sep 27, 2016
Former Newfoundland radio host defends tweet suggesting woman become stripper
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A former Newfoundland radio station announcer is defending a tweet he sent that said a young woman would get more online viewers if she showed herself stripping rather than pl...
Sep 27, 2016

Mi'kmaq protesters continue sit-in at construction site for gas storage project
FORT ELLIS, N.S. - A protest organizer says Mi’kmaq and local residents are continuing a sit-in this morning at the entrance of a construction site near proposed natural gas storage caverns in N...
Sep 27, 2016

Top 10 memorable moments from Clinton-Trump debate
WASHINGTON - Some of the memorable moments from the first U.S. presidential debate featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. --- Beauty queen, ugly words: Clinton confronts her opponent for once cal...
Sep 27, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Sept. 27
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- HILLARY CLINTON EXECUTES PLAN: ANNOY DONALD TRUMP Donald Trump made a gracious entrance for his first one-on-one presidential debate, exchang...
Sep 27, 2016
Tale of the tape: A look at the numbers from Trump versus Clinton
WASHINGTON - Some numbers from the first of three presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. --- The winner: CNN poll: Clinton, 62 per cent to 27 per cent PPP poll: Clinton, 51 per...
Sep 27, 2016
Stop cutting loose ill, injured soldiers too early, ombudsman tells military
OTTAWA - Canada’s military ombudsman is taking aim at the armed forces for cutting loose ill and injured service members before they know what services and benefits the soldiers are getting from...
Sep 27, 2016

War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts ...
Sep 27, 2016

Clinton executes debate plan: Annoy Donald Trump
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump made a gracious entrance for the first one-on-one presidential debate of his life, exchanging pleasantries with his opponent Monday and cordially referring to her as, “...
Sep 26, 2016
Rise of global trade making life more difficult for central bankers, Poloz says
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada’s governor says greater trade integration around the world has created challenges that central bankers cannot afford to ignore. In a university lecture Monday in Bell...
Sep 26, 2016