Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Challenging language:' Edmonton academic studies versions of 1st Inuit novel
EDMONTON - The story reaches out of an Arctic past stretching back to long before Europeans came, a world when a hunter’s fate was determined by snow and ice, claws and courage. An academic is d...
Nov 13, 2016
Red Cross funds study into how Fort McMurray wildfire affected indigenous people
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Melanie Dene still remembers the harrowing ordeal of driving through fiery hell during the evacuation of Fort McMurray six months ago with her two young daughters. The chaos of ...
Nov 13, 2016
Dads on the Hill: Male MPs with kids work hard to mix fatherhood with politics
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Peter Schiefke checks his schedule carefully each week, as one would expect from anyone with a busy job, asking himself one question in particular. Will the timing of a vote in the...
Nov 13, 2016
New Zealand begins rescue of tourists stranded by earthquake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand on Tuesday began a rescue operation involving hundreds of tourists and residents who remain stranded in the coastal town of Kaikoura after a powerful earthquake c...
Nov 13, 2016
Queen leads UK in honouring war dead on Remembrance Sunday
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II led the royal family, political leaders and veterans in a solemn service to honour Britain’s war dead Sunday, as Britons across the nation paused for a moment’s...
Nov 13, 2016
Canada loses to Spain in opening match of FIFA under-20 women's World Cup
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Canada’s not off to a strong start at the FIFA women’s under-20 World Cup. The Canadian squad suffered a 5-0 loss against Spain in Group B play on Sunday a...
Nov 13, 2016
S. Korea prosecutors want to question president over scandal
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean prosecutors want to question President Park Geun-hye this week over suspicion that she let a shadowy longtime confidante manipulate power from behind the scene...
Nov 13, 2016
Man shot by Vancouver police had 'criminal intentions,' took hostage: chief
VANCOUVER - A “very large man” shot and killed by officers during a robbery and hostage-taking may have had further criminal intentions after trying to steal firearms from a Canadian Tire ...
Nov 13, 2016
Choi sets world record and claims short-track World Cup win
KEARNS, Utah - South Korea’s Minejeong Choi won the 1,500 metres at the ISU World Cup Short Track on Saturday, a round after setting a world record. Choi qualified for the final after finishing ...
Nov 12, 2016
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games NHL N.Y. Rangers 4 Calgary 1 Montreal 5 Detroit 0 Pittsburgh 4 Toronto 1 Philadelphia 3 Minnesota 2 New Jersey 4 Buffalo 2 Carolina 5 Washington 1 Florida 3 N.Y. Islanders 2 (OT...
Nov 12, 2016