Category Archives: Canadian Press
Stranded dolphins refuse efforts to free them: 'They definitely were annoyed'
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Six stranded dolphins are stubbornly refusing to be guided out of shallow waters in northern New Brunswick, rescuers said Thursday. “The dolphins are doing what they want to do,&...
Oct 06, 2016
Polish lawmakers overwhelmingly reject total ban on abortion
WARSAW, Poland - Polish lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to reject a proposal by an anti-abortion group that would have imposed a total ban on abortion, caving in to massive outrage by women...
Oct 06, 2016
Liberals urged to press Iran on mass executions after Iran-Iraq war
OTTAWA - A group of Iranian-Canadians is calling on the government to add a tough new element to its annual United Nations resolution on Iran’s dubious human rights record - a call for an intern...
Oct 06, 2016
Seven stories in the news today, Oct. 6
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 6 --- RCMP TO SETTLE HARASSMENT SUITS The RCMP will announce the settlement of major harassment claims today that could see hundreds of current and former...
Oct 06, 2016
Corey Hart calls Canada's Walk of Fame induction 'most meaningful career event'
TORONTO - Even with his collection of smash hits, millions in worldwide album sales and countless awards, Corey Hart says his induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame is the ultimate honour. “...
Oct 06, 2016
Safety, water, economics come before climate for foes of local energy projects
OTTAWA - New research suggests that polarizing debates over the impacts of climate change are not the driving force behind local opposition to major energy projects. And that’s something governm...
Oct 06, 2016
Teary RCMP commissioner apologizes, announces harassment suit settlement
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has delivered an abject apology to hundreds of current and former female officers and employees who were subjected to bullying, discrimination and harassment dat...
Oct 06, 2016
Sheriff: Los Angeles County sergeant shot execution-style
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant was the victim of “a calculated execution” by a parolee with a long history of arrests who pumped bullets into his body as he la...
Oct 06, 2016
Allegations jobs smoothed with cash payments at Trump Tower
NEW YORK - Six years after George Gjieli left federal prison, where he’d been sent for trying to break out a triple murderer, Donald Trump gave him a job running Trump Tower, where the billionai...
Oct 06, 2016
Trump, once a data skeptic, spending millions on data
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump once called data “overrated” in politics. But with Election Day swiftly approaching, the Republican presidential nominee is spending millions of dollars on data a...
Oct 06, 2016