Category Archives: Canadian Press
Extensive cultural damage found in historic Iraqi city
NIMRUD, Iraq - Nearly a month into the fight to retake Mosul, government forces pushed Islamic State militants out of nearby Nimrud, home to some of Iraq’s richest archaeological treasures. And ...
Nov 15, 2016
'Want him to be safe:' Wife says Turkish-Canadian imam Davud Hanci in solitary
CALGARY - The wife of a Calgary imam says he is being held in solitary confinement in Turkey and worrying about his well-being has been torturous. Davud Hanci, who has Canadian and Turkish citizenship...
Nov 15, 2016
Autopsies on girl, father in Saskatchewan Amber Alert; but no word on how died
CHOICELAND, Sask. - RCMP in Saskatchewan say autopsies have been completed on the bodies of a seven-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert and her father. Police say the investigation has...
Nov 15, 2016
Ontario judge apologizes for wearing Make America Great Again hat in court
HAMILTON - An Ontario judge who came under fire for wearing a Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” hat in court has apologized for his behaviour, calling it a “lapse in judgment.&...
Nov 15, 2016
Twitter adds new options to curb abuse, harassment
NEW YORK - Twitter, long criticized as a hotbed for online harassment, is expanding ways to curb the amount of abuse users see and making it easier to report such conduct. Twitter says it is expanding...
Nov 15, 2016
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
EIN GEDI, Israel - A multinational group of swimmers swam seven hours through the salty, soupy waters of the Dead Sea on Tuesday in a bid to draw attention to the environmental degradation of the fabl...
Nov 15, 2016
CFL, Grey Cup to host You Can Play Party supporting LGBTQ community
TORONTO - The Canadian Football League is rolling out the rainbow carpet at the Grey Cup in Toronto. The CFL and You Can Play will host an official party supporting the LGBTQ community for the first t...
Nov 15, 2016
Djokovic wins again, reaches semifinals at ATP finals
LONDON - Novak Djokovic edged a bit closer to the year-end No. 1 ranking. The second-ranked Serb beat Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) Tuesday to qualify for the semifinals of the ATP finals and...
Nov 15, 2016
Study looks at genetic impact of European contact on First Nations
Genetic research has shed new light on what happened to indigenous people after European contact - and demonstrated just how long at least one group has inhabited their traditional lands. A paper publ...
Nov 15, 2016
8 Germans charged with forming far-right terrorist group
BERLIN - Eight Germans have been charged with forming a far-right terrorist organization and carrying out bombing attacks on asylum-seeker facilities and left-wing political targets, federal prosecuto...
Nov 15, 2016