Category Archives: Canadian Press
Suspect being sought after deaths of two people in Calgary shooting
CALGARY - A man and his common-law wife are dead after what police believe was a targeted, gang-related shooting in Calgary. Investigators say officers found the body of the 38-year-old man in the fro...
Sep 21, 2016
Experts say Quebec pythons on the lam won't survive dip in temperatures
MONTREAL - Two pythons on the lam in Quebec are in a race against Mother Nature as temperatures begin to dip in the coming weeks. One expert says it’s already pretty cold for the two fugitives a...
Sep 21, 2016

Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi rejects city's 2024 Olympic bid
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi rejected the city’s bid for the 2024 Olympics on Wednesday, effectively dooming the capital’s candidacy for the second time in four years. If approved by RomeR...
Sep 21, 2016

Tinder matches with Spotify to add music to dating app
NEW YORK - Spotify is getting together with Tinder to allow users of the dating app to find musical matches. The streaming music service says Tinder users can now share a personal anthem on their prof...
Sep 21, 2016

All Prince Edward Island schools evacuated over potential threat
CHARLOTTETOWN - Traffic slowed to a crawl and offices emptied across Prince Edward Island Wednesday as parents raced to collect their kids in the wake of province-wide school evacuations triggered by ...
Sep 21, 2016

Racial issues involving Somalis heightened after mall attack
MINNEAPOLIS - The day after a young Somali-American man stabbed 10 people at a central Minnesota mall, pickup trucks were spotted driving through predominantly Somali neighbourhoods, honking and wavin...
Sep 21, 2016

US grants Airbus first chance to sell airplanes to Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Airbus on Wednesday became the first airplane manufacturer to receive U.S. government permission to sell aircraft to Iran following last year’s nuclear accord, gett...
Sep 21, 2016

Refugee family proud their chocolate business mentioned in United Nations speech
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A year ago, members of the Hadhad family were living as refugees after fleeing the war in Syria - but now they’re running a booming chocolate business in Nova Scotia with Prim...
Sep 21, 2016
Migrant boat capsizes off Egypt, killing at least 42
CAIRO - A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Wednesday, killing at least 42 people, Egyptian authorities said....
Sep 21, 2016
Statcan studies highlight importance of physical activity for children: experts
TORONTO - A pair of new studies from Statistics Canada highlight the importance of incorporating physical activity throughout the day for children of all ages, experts said Wednesday. The national sta...
Sep 21, 2016