Category Archives: Canadian Press
More than 30 dead as tanker rams into vehicles on Kenya road
NAIROBI, Kenya - A tanker carrying chemical gas slammed into other vehicles and burst into flames on a major road in Kenya, killing more than 30 people and injuring 10, officials said Sunday. The vehi...
Dec 10, 2016
Trump cheered by fans at annual Army-Navy game
BALTIMORE - Donald Trump was greeted with cheers on his arrival at the annual Army-Navy game, basking in one of the nation’s most storied football rivalries as he prepares to enter the White Hou...
Dec 10, 2016
Nigerian church collapses, 160 dead, says hospital director
WARRI, Nigeria - Mortuaries overflowed with bodies Sunday from a church collapse in southern Nigeria that killed at least 160 people, and worshippers said construction of the building had been rushed....
Dec 10, 2016
Manitoba reserve's scramble before freeze-up made worse when ferry breaks down
SHOAL LAKE, Man. - An annual mad dash for supplies that residents of an isolated reserve near the Manitoba-Ontario boundary make on their ferry’s last day before winter freeze-up was extra hairy...
Dec 10, 2016
Canada takes speedskating silver in men's team sprint at World Cup stop
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada won the silver medal in the men’s team sprint Saturday at a World Cup long track speedskating stop. Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., Montreal’s Christopher...
Dec 10, 2016
Small plane with two aboard crashes in river near Quebec City: TSB
LEVIS, Que. - A small plane with two people aboard crashed in a river south of Quebec City on Saturday afternoon, the Transportation Safety Board said. Board spokesman Chris Krepski said the two-seate...
Dec 10, 2016
Amnesty International campaign takes aim at first Canadian project with Site C
VANCOUVER - An annual Amnesty International human-rights campaign is taking aim at a Canadian project for the first time - the Site C dam. The $8.8-billion hydroelectric dam project in northeast Briti...
Dec 10, 2016
Jacobs to play Carruthers in The National Grand Slam of Curling final
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Olympic champion Brad Jacobs advanced to the championship game at The National Grand Slam of Curling on Saturday night with a 5-3 semifinal victory over Brad Gushue. Jacobs, t...
Dec 10, 2016
Former B.C. Lions standout Klassen dies at 57 following battle with cancer
VANCOUVER - Defensive lineman Rick Klassen, who played 10 seasons in the CFL including nine with the B.C. Lions, has died at 57 following a battle with cancer. The Lions confirmed Klassen’s deat...
Dec 10, 2016
Twin blasts near Istanbul soccer stadium kill 29 , wound 166
ISTANBUL - Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a na...
Dec 10, 2016