Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cooler weather helps crews fight Southern California fire
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - Aided by slightly cooler temperatures, firefighters made steady progress Sunday in battling a wildfire that destroyed 16 structures as it raged through Southern California̵...
Aug 13, 2018
Alaska's North Slope hit by strongest quake noted in region
KAVIK RIVER CAMP, Alaska - Alaska’s North Slope was hit Sunday by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region, the state’s seismologist said. At 6:58 a.m. Sunday, the magnitud...
Aug 13, 2018
'Cold Water Cowboys' fishing boat destroyed by fire at Newfoundland wharf
TWILLINGATE, N.L. - A fishing boat featured on the reality TV series “Cold Water Cowboys” was consumed by a dramatic fire that broke out Monday morning at wharf in Twillingate, N.L. Fire o...
Aug 13, 2018
Trudeau on guns: 'lots of conversations' about next steps but no new registry
CHARLOTTETOWN - The Liberal government has no plans to resurrect the controversial long-gun registry, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Monday as Canadians struggled to come to terms with a deadl...
Aug 13, 2018
Trump lashes out at 'Wacky Omarosa' over book, recordings
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday, saying his former White House adviser - who is promoting a tell-all book and airing secret audio recordings -̶...
Aug 13, 2018
'There will be no forgiveness:' Mother of murder victim tells hearing
HALIFAX - A Halifax man who killed an off-duty police officer said Monday he hoped her family could give him forgiveness someday, but the victim’s mother made it clear he would not get it. ̶...
Aug 13, 2018
One trillion litres of sewage leaked into lakes and rivers over last five years
OTTAWA - Last Wednesday, a team of people from the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper environmental group descended on the Toronto harbourfront looking for any signs the previous night’s massive, flash-fl...
Aug 13, 2018
How much raw sewage finds its way into Canadian waterways, by the numbers
OTTAWA - Canadian cities and the federal and provincial governments are spending billions to keep raw sewage out of waterways, but as of now, enough untreated waste spills each year to fill 86,000 Oly...
Aug 13, 2018
In the news today, Aug. 13
Five stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 13 --- NEW DETAILS EMERGE OF ALLEGED FREDERICTON SHOOTER A Fredericton business owner who knew the suspect in Friday’s deadly shooting described him as ...
Aug 13, 2018
Officers may face stress injuries after deaths of colleagues, experts say
TORONTO - Four years after Justin Bourque’s Moncton shooting rampage that killed three RCMP constables, police officers in New Brunswick are facing a new traumatic event that may have long-lasti...
Aug 13, 2018