Category Archives: Canadian Press

Four stories in the news for Monday, May 14 --- FLOOD FEARS RISING AGAIN IN SOUTHERN B.C. Flood weary residents in southern B.C. are bracing for round-two as rising temperatures accelerate the melting...

A woman who has spent months informing ’60s Scoop survivors about Ottawa’s class-action settlement says she’ll continue advising people to object to the deal, even after a federal ju...

VICTORIA - Unseasonable heat and the potential for rain over the next seven to 10 days could force thousands of people in British Columbia’s Interior to evacuate their homes as rivers and lakes ...

VANCOUVER - Lynne Kent says owning a home in Vancouver that’s valued at $4 million isn’t the blessing it may appear to be. She and her husband are among a small group of homeowners in Brit...

WINNIPEG - Artists are reclaiming space in inner cities and on highways where many Indigenous women have suffered violence or disappeared. From June until August, the Resilience Project is putting the...

TOKYO - Snoopy may be joining Sony. Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. said Monday that it is buying a stake in Peanuts Holdings, the company behind Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Sony Music Entertainme...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - In a jarring contrast, Israeli forces shot and killed 57 Palestinians and injured more than 2,700 during mass protests Monday along the Gaza border, while just a few mile...

WASHINGTON - Senate candidate Mitt Romney of Utah says a prominent Baptist minister shouldn’t be giving the prayer that opens the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem because he’s a “religious ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani security officials say militants have ambushed an army vehicle on patrol in a northwestern tribal region, killing seven soldiers before fleeing back to neighbour...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The U.N. says an alternative way of getting fuel to Gaza must be found urgently, warning of dwindling supplies needed to run hospitals, pick up garbage, pump water and tr...