Category Archives: Canadian Press
Oscar winner shields Bergdahl interviews from US lawyers
LOS ANGELES - The federal government dropped its efforts to seize hours of unaired interviews an Oscar-winning screenwriter recorded with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mark Boal ha...
Dec 13, 2016
Police: Officer fatally shoots gunman near Baltimore campus
BALTIMORE - A police officer at Coppin State University in Baltimore shot and killed a man who had just fired at a moving car near that campus Tuesday evening, authorities said. The suspected shooter ...
Dec 13, 2016
Trudeau treats children at Ottawa hospital to advance Star Wars screening
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited patients from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to join him for an advance private screening in Ottawa of the new “Star Wars” ...
Dec 13, 2016
Edmonton conductor sad but happy he may have found frozen kitty's owner
EDMONTON - A conductor who saved and fell in love with a kitty that nearly froze to death under the engine of his train says he’s sad, but happy as well, that the cat’s owners may have bee...
Dec 13, 2016
Sean Monahan, goaltender Chad Johnson join Gaudreau in sparking Flames recovery
CALGARY - Johnny Gaudreau’s return from injury has helped propel the Calgary Flames up the NHL standings, but there’s more to the team’s revival. Goaltender Chad Johnson stealing a 1...
Dec 13, 2016
Lab coats vs. climate change: Scientists rally for research
SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists in lab coats hoisting signs saying “Ice has no agenda, it just melts” have rallied in San Francisco to defend climate-change research ahead of a skeptical Trump ...
Dec 13, 2016
Dolly Parton gives support to wildfire victims, 'my people'
NASHVILLE - Country music icon Dolly Parton’s home and businesses in East Tennessee were spared from deadly wildfires last month, but she’s pitching in to help her neighbours recover from ...
Dec 13, 2016
San Francisco Symphony nixes Chapel Hill concerts due to HB2
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The San Francisco Symphony says it has cancelled two scheduled appearances next spring at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill because of a state law limiting LGBT prote...
Dec 13, 2016
Trump invites Senate clash with Tillerson State nomination
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is inviting a clash in the narrowly divided Senate by choosing Rex Tillerson for secretary of State in the face of well-publicized concerns from several GOP senators over the...
Dec 13, 2016
Mexico finds 2 border tunnels leading from Tijuana into US
MEXICO CITY - Mexican police and soldiers have discovered two clandestine tunnels in the border city of Tijuana that officials believe were built to smuggle drugs into California. The tunnels were fou...
Dec 13, 2016