Category Archives: Canadian Press
Volcano in Alaska Aleutian islands erupts again
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A volcano on a remote island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain has erupted again, prompting an aviation alert. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the Bogoslof (BOH-goh-slawf) volca...
Dec 30, 2016
Coast Guard suspends search for missing plane with 6 onboard
CLEVELAND - The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday suspended its search for an airplane that was carrying a beverage distribution company executive and five other people when it vanished over Lake Erie shortl...
Dec 30, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Dec. 30
Five stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 30 --- NO SIGN YET OF TWO MISSING SNOWSHOERS IN B.C. The search for two snowshoers missing in the backcountry of Vancouver’s North Shore is expected to ...
Dec 30, 2016
N.S. premier admits to 'level of frustration,' decries tone of online critics
HALIFAX - After more than three years in office, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says he still loves his job. But he also admits to some frustration as he deals with day-to-day problems, and the of...
Dec 30, 2016
Shootings drive up number of police killed in line of duty
Ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and other shootings around the country led to a sharp increase in the number of police killed in the line of duty this year. From Jan. 1 through Wednesda...
Dec 30, 2016
Russia, brushing off Obama, looks to friendlier Donald Trump
HONOLULU - Stung by new punishments, Russia is looking straight past President Barack Obama to Donald Trump in hopes the president-elect will reverse the tough U.S. stance toward Moscow of the last ei...
Dec 30, 2016
After dead birds arrive in mail, woman gets living canaries
The carnage of broken wings and dead canaries that arrived in an Alabama woman’s mail have been replaced by the cheerful chirps of brand new birds - live ones. The U.S. Postal Service says it pa...
Dec 30, 2016
Royal B.C. Museum calls on indigenous people to submit stories about relics
An indigenous artist and writer says First Nations artifacts in museums are not simply cold, hard objects, but are rather the belongings of families and communities. The Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria ...
Dec 30, 2016
Trump's election, the Brexit vote, and the Fort McMurray fire: news from 2016
An in-brief look at some Canadian and international news events of the last 12 months, listed in chronological order. JANUARY 2 – Saudi Arabia executed prominent opposition Shiite cleric Sheikh ...
Dec 30, 2016
'Brand Trudeau' mulled to help pitch world on Canadian return to peackeeping
OTTAWA - Canadian bureaucrats pondered using the personal “brand” of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sell the world on the merits of the country’s return to peacekeeping, The Canadi...
Dec 30, 2016