Category Archives: Canadian Press
N.S. sends Boston its annual Christmas tree as thanks for aid 99 years ago
HALIFAX - A broad grin stretched across Dave MacFarlane’s face as he climbed into his rig and glanced back at the 14-metre white spruce tree splayed across the back of his flatbed. The Nova Scot...
Nov 16, 2016
Advocates call out Canada's twin pursuit of GHG cuts, fossil fuel expansion
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s twin pursuits of expanded foreign markets for Canadian fossil fuels and global action on climate change are getting some unfavourable notice at an international...
Nov 16, 2016
Canadians destroy explosives-laden vehicles with anti-armour missiles in Iraq
OTTAWA - Canadian troops supporting Kurdish allies have destroyed three explosive-laden vehicles with anti-armour missiles, senior military officials revealed Wednesday, as they started lifting the ve...
Nov 16, 2016
Leafs rookie Nikita Zaitsev not intimidated by Sidney Crosby or the NHL
TORONTO - Nikita Zaitsev sees no reason why he should be intimidated by the National Hockey League. “I’m not 17-years-old so why I should be scared?” the 25-year-old defenceman from ...
Nov 16, 2016
Bank of Canada says central bank does not need to move in step with U.S. Fed
WATERLOO, Ont. - An increase in interest rates by the U.S. Federal Reserve will affect Canada, but Bank of Canada deputy governor Timothy Lane says that doesn’t mean the central bank is under an...
Nov 16, 2016
Wisconsin to appeal to feds over 'Making a Murderer' inmate
MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge told Wisconsin prison officials on Wednesday that they must release an inmate featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” by Friday evening. It’...
Nov 16, 2016
Crown witness at Applebaum corruption trial quizzed over relationship with cops
MONTREAL - The Crown’s key witness at ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum’s corruption trial says he was often conflicted about working with police against his former boss and that it took...
Nov 16, 2016
Minnesota officer charged in black man's killing
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a black man in a St. Paul suburb. Prosecutors announced the charge against St. Anthony p...
Nov 16, 2016
Ancient latrines, a lucky horse: New finds at Circus Maximus
ROME - Six years of excavations have given Rome a new tourist attraction in Circus Maximus , the sprawling valley where chariot races once delighted the ancient city’s denizens. The archaeologic...
Nov 16, 2016
Bombs strike rebel-held Aleppo and northern Syria, 54 dead
BEIRUT - Bombs rained down on rebel-held eastern Aleppo for a second straight day Wednesday, pounding a district that houses several medical facilities, including the central blood bank, and forcing S...
Nov 16, 2016