Category Archives: Canadian Press
From bust to boom: oilfield firm can't get enough staff to cover rising activity
CALGARY - An oilfield services company that laid off almost two-thirds of its workers over the past two years is now warning it can’t find enough new staff to take full advantage of a recent inc...
Nov 10, 2016
Efforts begin to reposition, raise sunken tug near Bella Bella, B.C.,
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Work is underway to reposition a submerged tug before lifting it from waters off British Columbia’s central coast. Ayla Brown of the Heiltsuk First Nation says salvage expert...
Nov 10, 2016
Monday's supermoon extra super; closest in nearly 69 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The moon doesn’t get much bigger and brighter than this. On Monday, Earthlings will be treated to a so-called supermoon - the closest full moon of the year. Monday’s...
Nov 10, 2016
Brain development study to be done on victims of childhood abuse
CALGARY - Ongoing mental-health challenges faced by victims of childhood abuse will be the focus of a long-term study by the University of Calgary and the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre. The un...
Nov 10, 2016
Trump bucks protocol on press access
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is keeping Americans in the dark about his earliest conversations and decisions as president-elect, bucking a long-standing practice intended to ensure the public has a watch...
Nov 10, 2016
Grand jury indicts Aaron Schock on wire fraud, theft counts
PEORIA, Ill. - An Illinois congressman who resigned amid scrutiny of lavish spending - including a “Downton Abbey”-style redecorating of his Capitol Hill office - was charged Thursday in a...
Nov 10, 2016
Tests reveal Winnipeg infant ingested carfentanil, parents charged
WINNIPEG - Police say a nine-month-old boy found in critical condition in a Winnipeg home last month ingested a powerful drug called carfentanil that has recently turned up in the city. Powder found a...
Nov 10, 2016
Iraq troops slow Mosul advance as they clear neighbourhoods
BAGHDAD - Iraqi troops fired at positions held by the Islamic State group in and around the northern city of Mosul on Thursday but did not advance as they regrouped and cleared neighbourhoods once occ...
Nov 10, 2016
Kurdish-led fighters marching against IS near Syria's Raqqa
BEIRUT - A Syrian Kurdish-led force fighting the Islamic State group north of the country is on the verge of surrounding a wide area north of the IS stronghold of Raqqa, a spokeswoman for the group sa...
Nov 10, 2016
Speedy shovels shine in Slovakia's grave-digging contest
TRENCIN, Slovakia - Ten teams from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary on Thursday turned mounds of ground in a competition to crown the fastest gravediggers in central Europe. The Grave Digging Championship...
Nov 10, 2016