Category Archives: Canadian Press
First Berlin victim a Pole who fought for his life
WARSAW, Poland - He was the first victim in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market - a 37-year-old Polish truck driver who was seemingly stabbed and shot to death in the cabin of his truck. One of hi...
Dec 20, 2016
Federal Court dismisses appeal that NewLeaf Travel needs licence to operate
OTTAWA - A federal court has ruled that passengers who lose luggage or encounter cancelled flights while flying with NewLeaf Travel need to take it up with the flight operator Flair Airlines, not the ...
Dec 20, 2016
Queen Elizabeth II to step down from some organizations
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II will step down from her role as patron of more than 20 charities and organizations at the end of the year. Buckingham Palace said Tuesday she will follow her husband Prince...
Dec 20, 2016
From the ashes: Fort McMurray people share stories seven months after the fire
It’s been more than seven months since a massive wildfire swept through the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray, displacing more than 80,000 people and destroying more than 2,400 homes and bu...
Dec 20, 2016
A timeline of the Fort McMurray wildfire, Canada's news story of 2016
The wildfire that destroyed large parts of Fort McMurray has been selected by editors as Canada’s news story of the year. Here is a look back at how it unfolded: May 1 - A fire starts in a remot...
Dec 20, 2016
Ferocious Fort McMurray wildfire voted Canadian Press news story of the year
The ferocious wildfire that forced nearly 90,000 to flee Canada’s oilsands region and reduced thousands of homes to rubble has been picked as the top news story of 2016 in an annual survey of ne...
Dec 20, 2016
Swiss: No terror or far-right ties in Zurich mosque attack
ZURICH - Swiss police have found no radical Islamist or far-right motives by a gunman who killed himself after carrying out a shooting spree at Zurich mosque that wounded three worshippers, a top poli...
Dec 20, 2016
Margot Robbie married? Australian star flashes diamond ring
Margot Robbie has responded to wedding rumours by giving the finger on Instagram - the ring finger, that is. The actress posted a picture of a big diamond on her extended ring finger on the photo-shar...
Dec 20, 2016
Michelle Obama tells Oprah that 2016 election 'was painful'
WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama tells Oprah Winfrey that this past election was “painful,” but says she and her husband will support President-elect Donald Trump’s ongoing tra...
Dec 20, 2016
Child victim of Egypt church attack dies; death toll now 27
CAIRO - Egypt’s state news agency says a 10-year-old girl who was critically wounded in the suicide bombing at a Cairo church earlier this month, has died of her wounds. The fatality raises the ...
Dec 20, 2016