Category Archives: Canadian Press
Milan honours Dalai Lama as citizen over China's objections
MILAN - The Milan city council bestowed honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama on Thursday over the objections of Chinese Embassy, which said the gesture would have a negative impact on bilateral rela...
Oct 20, 2016
Firefighter thrown up to 20 feet in Portland gas explosion
PORTLAND, Ore. - An injured firefighter who’s being hailed as a hero for helping to evacuate a building before a powerful gas explosion in a Portland shopping district said Thursday he was tosse...
Oct 20, 2016
US claims for unemployment benefits rise by 13,000
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in five weeks but still remained close to the recent 43-year lows. Applications for jobless benefits rose b...
Oct 20, 2016
Baloney Meter: Is the federal government cutting health transfers to provinces?
OTTAWA - “For today we know that there will be a cut of $60 billion of funding from the federal government over the next 10 years regarding the delivery of care. And that implies that all provin...
Oct 20, 2016
Muskrat Falls opponents say it's a test of Trudeau's aboriginal reconciliation
MUSKRAT FALLS, N.L. - Supporters of a growing movement to blockade the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador over methylmercury concerns say it’s a test of Justin Trudeau’s bid to reconc...
Oct 20, 2016
Families of 2 killed in Jose Fernandez boat crash get lawyer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The families of two men who died in a boat crash off Miami Beach that also killed Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez have hired an attorney to handle their sons’ estate...
Oct 20, 2016
Five Things: Toronto Blue Jays key storylines this upcoming off-season
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Cleveland Indians 3-0 on Wednesday in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. It’s the second straight year Toronto has made it to the ALCS...
Oct 20, 2016
US Postal carrier filmed dumping bins of mail into a ditch
DECATUR, Ga. - The U.S. Postal Service has launched an investigation after a metro Atlanta resident says she filmed a worker dumping hundreds of pieces of mail in the woods. Kellie Campbell of DeKalb ...
Oct 20, 2016
Decision in appeal of Dennis Oland's murder conviction expected Monday
FREDERICTON - Dennis Oland is expected to learn Monday if he’ll continue to serve a life sentence for the murder of his father, win acquittal, or be ordered to stand trial all over again. Defenc...
Oct 20, 2016
Fox's Wallace asks precise follow-up that makes news
NEW YORK - Fox News’ Chris Wallace worked hard to keep the final presidential debate substantive with tough questions to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but it was the simplest of queries that...
Oct 20, 2016