Category Archives: Canadian Press
Miss Canada speaks out on China human rights
WASHINGTON - Poised but defiant, Miss Canada will be vying for more than the winner’s tiara when she competes in the annual Miss World pageant in Washington this weekend. Anastasia Lin wants to ...
Dec 15, 2016
From Trump and his new team, mixed signals on climate change
WASHINGTON - He brushed off climate change as a Chinese hoax, then called it the real deal and finally declared that “nobody really knows.” Donald Trump is sending mixed signals on whether...
Dec 15, 2016
Offshore oil disaster in Azerbaijan leaves 1 dead, 9 missing
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani oil officials say one worker has been killed and nine others are missing after part of their offshore oil installation broke off in strong winds. The state oil company, ...
Dec 15, 2016
Trudeau details Ottawa's 'two tracks' towards resetting indigenous relationship
Ottawa must follow two separate tracks in its reconciliation efforts with indigenous people, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: taking broader, long-term steps to rebuild the relationship, while also...
Dec 15, 2016
Operation Picnic was secret phone-tapping feast for RCMP, historian discovers
OTTAWA - The federal government secretly gave RCMP security officials the authority to tap telephone calls without court oversight during the Cold War, newly unearthed archival documents show. The sur...
Dec 15, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Dec. 15
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Dec. 15 --- PM TRUDEAU TO MEET INDIGENOUS LEADERS Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to sit down with indigenous leaders today, the one-year anniversary ...
Dec 15, 2016
Labour board raises concerns as Liberals drag heels on appointments
OTTAWA - The federal board that resolves thorny labour disputes says its work is being compromised because it is short-handed, despite having warned the Liberals more than a year ago about the urgent ...
Dec 15, 2016
Putin-Abe talks move to Tokyo; territory, economy on agenda
NAGATO, Japan - The leaders of Russia and Japan move to Tokyo on Friday to wrap up a two-day summit on an economic co-operation agreement and a protracted territorial dispute that has prevented their ...
Dec 15, 2016
New Jersey man arrested for driving backhoe drunk
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A New Jersey man who police say was driving drunk while behind the wheel of a backhoe is facing charges. Fifty-six-year-old William Campbell was charged Tuesday with driving wh...
Dec 15, 2016
Police: Driver in deadly school bus crash was speeding
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The 24-year-old driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six children was speeding about 20 miles per hour over the 30 mile-per-hour limit, police testified Thursday, dr...
Dec 15, 2016