Category Archives: Canadian Press
Passengers recount moments after lava hit Hawaii tour boat
HONOLULU - A passenger on a tour boat that was struck by lava off Hawaii’s Big Island last week shielded his girlfriend and waited for death as searing debris came ripping through the catamaran&...
Jul 24, 2018
Mountaintop lookouts still crucial for spotting wildfires
BOISE, Idaho - Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers. Indeed,...
Jul 24, 2018
Heat radiates across Southwest; Death Valley hottest
PHOENIX - Scorching heat radiated across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday, setting record highs in California’s Death Valley, Thermal and Palm Springs in a week that forecasters say could prove to ...
Jul 24, 2018
Samsung, workers agree to end standoff on workers' deaths
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics and a group representing ailing Samsung computer chip and display factory workers said Tuesday they have agreed to end a years-long standoff over compen...
Jul 24, 2018

Ryan Lochte's future? Even he isn't sure what's next
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Ryan Lochte doesn’t know when he’ll be in another race. And that worries him. What’s next for Lochte is a mystery, even to himself. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agenc...
Jul 24, 2018

Laos dam disaster leaves 24 dead, scores missing
ATTAPEU, Laos - Rescuers searched Wednesday for scores of villagers left missing when part of a newly built hydroelectric dam broke in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside and killi...
Jul 24, 2018
Officials: 21 of 55 Ontario forest fires remain out of control
TORONTO - Firefighters were battling 55 forest fires as of late Monday in northeast Ontario, of which 21 were not yet under control. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry said one of the fire...
Jul 24, 2018

In the news today, July 24
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 24 --- SURGE IN ILLEGAL GUNS SOURCED IN CANADA The number of guns obtained legally in Canada but are then sold to people who use them for criminal purposes s...
Jul 24, 2018

One league on Hefford's mind as she takes over at the CWHL's helm
CALGARY - As a hockey player, Jayna Hefford strove to make her league viable and respected. She’s now in a position to do that as its leader. Hefford, who will enter the Hockey Hall of Fame this...
Jul 24, 2018

'Tough and resilient' people make isolated Manitoba community home
CHURCHILL, Man. - Florence Hamilton’s ancestors once followed the caribou across the Arctic tundra. That was before the federal government forcefully relocated the Sayisi Dene to barren land out...
Jul 24, 2018