Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge lifts publication ban, revealing details about Fredericton shooting
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has lifted a publication ban on court documents related to the Fredericton shooting that killed four people, revealing details about how the deadly attack unfolded....
Aug 17, 2018
Here's a list of July inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and La...
Aug 17, 2018
Here's a list of July inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...
Aug 17, 2018
Mooning case against Virginia softball coach's wife wanes
FLOYD, Va. - The moon over Virginia was half-visible that May evening, as was the one on the softball field, authorities say. The Roanoke Times reports 57-year-old Debbie L. McCulley is accused of moo...
Aug 17, 2018

Annual inflation rate jumped to 3.0% in July, highest reading since 2011
OTTAWA - Canada’s annual inflation rate in July hit its highest level in nearly seven years as gasoline prices and the cost of air transportation pushed prices higher. Statistics Canada said Fri...
Aug 17, 2018

Pakistan's Imran Khan sworn in as prime minister
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan was sworn in as prime minister on Saturday despite protests by opposition parties, which accuse the security services of interven...
Aug 17, 2018

Judge lifts publication ban, revealing details about Fredericton shooting
FREDERICTON - Newly released documents reveal how last week’s deadly attack unfolded in Fredericton, including a brief account from the police officer who shot the alleged gunman in the abdomen....
Aug 17, 2018

In the news today, Aug. 17
Seven stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 17 --- TRUMP SAYS U.S. NOT TALKING TO CANADA ABOUT NAFTA U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting Canada has deliberately been left on NAFTA’s sidelin...
Aug 17, 2018
Plane skids off rainy Manila runway, rips off engine, wheel
MANILA, Philippines - A plane from China veered off a runway at Manila’s airport while landing in a downpour near midnight then got stuck in a muddy field with one engine and wheel ripped off be...
Aug 17, 2018
Afghan rock band struggles to hit right note in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran - The band gathers in a small carpentry shop on the outskirts of Iran’s capital, with sawdust still in the air but the buzzing of the jigsaws now exchanged for the soft feedback of ...
Aug 17, 2018