Category Archives: Canadian Press
Researchers grow protective biological soil crusts
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - In a greenhouse at Northern Arizona University, a professor is researching an oft-overlooked ecological field that could play an important role in preventing erosion and helping pla...
Dec 04, 2016
Flames winger Johnny Gaudreau back in lineup after breaking finger
CALGARY - Johnny Gaudreau is returning to the Calgary Flames lineup ahead of schedule. The 23-year-old, left-winger declared himself ready to play tonight against the visiting Anaheim Ducks less than ...
Dec 04, 2016
Coolsaet comes within seconds of Canadian marathon record - again
FUKUOKA, Japan - Reid Coolsaet came within seconds of breaking Canada’s oldest national track and field record again on Sunday. The 37-year-old from Hamilton ran two hours 10 minutes 55 seconds ...
Dec 04, 2016
Mainstream relief as leftist candidate wins in Austria
VIENNA - Left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen triumphed over his right-wing rival Sunday in the vote for Austria’s presidency, a victory welcomed by moderate politicians across Europe as a blow...
Dec 04, 2016
Report: Company sold turf product after learning of defects
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The country’s leading maker of artificial sports turf sold more than 1,000 fields to towns, schools and teams nationwide after its executives knew they were falling apart fast...
Dec 04, 2016
Plans to restore NASA mission control room remain in limbo
HOUSTON - Plans to restore the NASA mission control room that served as the nerve centre when man first reached the moon have been discussed for more than 20 years, but its restoration and preservatio...
Dec 04, 2016
Cuban exiles see only a glimmer of hope in Castro's funeral
MIAMI - In the heart of Miami’s Little Havana, Cuban exile Armando Garcia said Sunday’s funeral of Fidel Castro granted neither simple closure nor optimism for immediate change, but was a ...
Dec 04, 2016
Solving the legacy of indigenous sexual abuse: think globally, act nationally
Fred Kejick Thomas remembers the exact day - April 14, 2005 - when he confronted the uncle who had sexually molested him out on a trap line when he was four years old. After years of being haunted by ...
Dec 04, 2016
Jewish family battles Spain museum over art looted by Nazis
LOS ANGELES - In the epic, 16-year battle over a priceless painting looted by the Nazis, there is one point on which all sides agree: When Lilly Cassirer and her husband fled Germany ahead of the Holo...
Dec 04, 2016
US, China, EU, others fail to reach environmental goods deal
GENEVA - Forty-six countries including the U.S., China and European Union nations failed Sunday to agree on a list of “environmental goods” like solar-powered air conditioners or LED light...
Dec 04, 2016