Category Archives: Canadian Press
911 transcript: Club gunman said US must stop Syria strikes
ORLANDO, Fla. - The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history told a police negotiator during a standoff at a Florida nightclub that the United States needed to stop its airstrike...
Sep 23, 2016
162 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt
ROSETTA, Egypt - The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while atte...
Sep 23, 2016
Hearing date to be set next month in Supreme Court appointments case
HALIFAX - A court date has been set in the legal battle between Atlantic trial lawyers and Ottawa to ensure the East Coast keeps its traditional seat on the Supreme Court of Canada Wagners Law Firm sa...
Sep 23, 2016

More Liberals repay expense claims, following lead of PM's aides
OTTAWA - Chiefs of staff for two Liberal cabinet ministers are paying back almost $55,000 of the generous expenses they claimed for relocating to Ottawa, following the lead of Prime Minister Justin Tr...
Sep 23, 2016
Chinese premier calls for new golden decade of trade between Canada and China
MONTREAL - Calling for a “new golden decade” in China-Canada relations, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Friday he wants to return to the days when his country had better relations with Can...
Sep 23, 2016

Colombia rebels unanimously approve peace accord with govt
YARI PLAINS, Colombia - Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pledged their unanimous support on Friday to a peace agreement reached last month with the government. The announcement ca...
Sep 23, 2016
Canada captain Crosby among six forwards getting their own postage stamps
TORONTO - Six of Canada’s greatest hockey forwards, including current Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby, are being immortalized on their own postage stamps. Canada Post unveiled the fourth issue...
Sep 23, 2016
Military police, prosecutors call for more rights for victims of crime
OTTAWA - Those responsible for charging and prosecuting military sex offenders and other criminals in uniform are urging what some consider to be long overdue improvements to the rights of victims in ...
Sep 23, 2016
Roughriders look to avenge lopsided defeat when they take on Tiger-Cats
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders remember the mauling they suffered last month in Hamilton. The Tiger-Cats shredded the Riders’ defence and shut down their offence in a 53-7 beat-down on Au...
Sep 23, 2016
Judge named to lead inquiry into shooting death of Donald Dunphy
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A public inquiry has been called into the death of a man in a police shooting that shocked people across Newfoundland and Labrador. Unsettling questions have gone unanswered e...
Sep 23, 2016