Category Archives: Canadian Press
Activists: Bombs knock out 2 hospitals in northern Syria
BEIRUT - Airstrikes and rockets in northern Syria knocked out two medical centres dedicated to women Friday and killed at least 12, including two people in one of the health facilities, according to o...
Nov 25, 2016
Svalbard sees 'shocking' temperatures near freezing point
STOCKHOLM - The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first time on record, scientists said Frid...
Nov 25, 2016
US stocks rise to fresh records in shortened session
NEW YORK - Stocks hit fresh records in a shortened trading session Friday as investors continued to bet on a pickup in economic growth and rising corporate profits. The gains were modest but broad, wi...
Nov 25, 2016
CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge optimisitic on Toronto market despite struggles
TORONTO - CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge remains optimistic about the CFL’s future in Toronto despite a disappointing season from the home-town Argonauts and lagging ticket sales for Sunday...
Nov 25, 2016
Ottawa runs $2.4B deficit for September, double what it was same month last year
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a $2.4-billion deficit in September, double the $1.2-billion deficit set in the same month last year. The Finance department says the bigger shortfall was due to a ...
Nov 25, 2016
Feds move to protect Nova Scotia nesting grounds of endangered roseate tern
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to protect the Atlantic nesting grounds of an endangered seabird. The surrounding waters and lands of four islands off Nova Scotia, including Sable Island, ar...
Nov 25, 2016
StatCan study says new moms more likely than other women to become self-employed
OTTAWA - A new study from Statistics Canada suggests that new mothers who become self-employed after having children are able to better manage their weekly hours of work, giving them a better work-fam...
Nov 25, 2016
Evening walk in Edmonton ends in emergency hospital trip for pregnant woman
EDMONTON - An emergency caesarean section was planned after a woman who was 36 weeks pregnant was struck by a sport-utility vehicle while walking across an Edmonton street. Police the 25-year-old woma...
Nov 25, 2016
Correction: Austria-Wrong Seefeld story
VIENNA - In a story Nov. 25 about the delivery of a trail groomer to an Austrian resort, The Associated Press, citing local officials, reported erroneously that the vehicle had initially been sent to ...
Nov 25, 2016
Judge: Roof competent to stand trial in church shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District J...
Nov 25, 2016