Category Archives: Canadian Press
Monitor: Drought ends in nearly one-fourth of California
SAN FRANCISCO - A heavy dousing of autumn rain in Northern California has lifted a quarter of the state out of drought, the highest percentage in more than three years, according to a new federal repo...
Nov 03, 2016
Trial ordered for suspect in California mayor pie protest
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A man charged with hitting Sacramento, California, Mayor Kevin Johnson in the face with a coconut cream pie has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of assaulting a public offi...
Nov 03, 2016
Clergy join Dakota Access pipeline protesters for ceremony
CANNON BALL, N.D. - Hundreds of clergy of various faiths joined protests Thursday against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, singing hymns, marching and ceremonially burning a co...
Nov 03, 2016
A hairy situation: Rescuers save cat stuck on water tower
LASALLE, Colo. - A cat stuck for days on a converted water tower didn’t have to cash in one of its nine lives. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2ffQ6HS ) that rescuers on Wednesday plu...
Nov 03, 2016
Expansion talks between Rugby Canada and Pro Rugby North America collapse
TORONTO - Talks to add Canadian teams to Pro Rugby North America have broken down. The Pro Rugby league, founded by New York financier Doug Schoninger, debuted this year with teams in Denver, Ohio, Sa...
Nov 03, 2016
Most Canadians say fallen soldiers should be honoured beyond Remembrance Day:Poll
A new poll suggests Canadians would like to see efforts to honour fallen soldiers extend well beyond Remembrance Day. The study commissioned by Historica Canada found a vast majority of respondents wo...
Nov 03, 2016
COC announces partnership that will provide scholarships for Canadian athletes
TORONTO - Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan knows first-hand how difficult it can be to balance education with her athletic pursuits. She has had to juggle her studies at the University of T...
Nov 03, 2016
Northeastern B.C. resource boom harms indigenous women, girls: Amnesty report
VANCOUVER - A new report from Amnesty International says the resource boom in northeastern British Columbia is harming indigenous women and girls, and lays part of the blame on transient resource work...
Nov 03, 2016
Man convicted of killing Marine's wife in California
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A former Marine who confessed to strangling a 19-year-old woman and tossing her body into a California desert mine shaft has been convicted of first-degree murder. Twenty-seve...
Nov 03, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 5 __ CANADIAN AIRLINES MAY SEE MORE FOREIGN INVESTMENT: The federal government says it wants to raise the limit of foreign ownership of Canadian airlin...
Nov 03, 2016