Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's female swimmers voted Canadian Press team of the year
Canada’s female swimmers soared to unexpected heights in 2016. Six Olympic medals followed by another seven in home water at the world short-course championship launched Canada as a world power ...
Dec 28, 2016
Pipelines selected as Canadian Press business news story of the year
CALGARY - The increasingly divisive debate over pipelines, with the economic benefits and environmental concerns they carry, has been selected as The Canadian Press business story of the year. In an a...
Dec 28, 2016
Infantino: 'Necessary actions & sanctions' on Russian doping
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - FIFA President Gianni Infantino says any “necessary actions and sanctions” will be taken after investigators alleged that Russian soccer players had suspiciou...
Dec 28, 2016
New species wash ashore in Nova Scotia following deaths of herring
PLYMPTON, N.S. - Massive numbers of dead starfish, clams, lobsters and mussels have washed up on a western Nova Scotia beach, compounding the mysterious deaths of tens of thousands of herring in the a...
Dec 28, 2016
Man suspected of ties to Berlin attacker detained in Germany
BERLIN - German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have detained a Tunisian man they think may have been involved in last week’s truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. The 40-year-old, ...
Dec 28, 2016
Bahraini activist, to be freed on bail, ordered held again
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A prominent activist in Bahrain held for over seven months on charges stemming from a series of tweets was to be released on bail Wednesday until prosecutors ordered him ...
Dec 28, 2016
Lithuanian 'elves' combat Russian influence online
VILNIUS, Lithuania - Elves against trolls - it sounds like something out of “The Lord of the Rings.” But to Ricardas Savukynas, the battle he’s fighting is no fantasy. The 43-year-ol...
Dec 28, 2016
AP FACT CHECK: WWE wrestler Big Show not dead
SAN FRANCISCO - A story reported by a blog called “WWE” that claimed professional wrestling star “Big Show” had died in a car accident is false. Chris Bellitti, a spokesman for...
Dec 28, 2016
Dylann Roof won't work to spare his life in church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof says he won’t call any witnesses or present evidence while representing himself during the punishment phase of his death penalty trial, b...
Dec 28, 2016
A critic without a seat: Opposition parties forced to get creative on East Coast
HALIFAX - Like any regular federal politician, former Conservative cabinet minister Rob Moore is a busy man these days. Based in Saint John, N.B., he often travels to Ottawa to attend meetings of the ...
Dec 28, 2016