Category Archives: Canadian Press
Snakes Alive! Missing pythons on the loose in neighbourhood
HEPHZIBAH, Ga. - In a real life version of the children’s reader “Snakes Alive!”, state wildlife officers are searching for 14 pythons in an east Georgia subdivision after a woman re...
Sep 15, 2016

Wing flap found in Tanzania confirmed to be part of MH370
SYDNEY, Australia - A wing flap that washed ashore on an island off Tanzania has been identified as belonging to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian officials said Thursday. The flap was ...
Sep 15, 2016

Walmart Canada to no longer accept Visa cards at its 16 Manitoba stores
TORONTO - Walmart Canada continued its battle with Visa over merchant fees Thursday, with an announcement that it will no longer accept the popular credit card at any of its Manitoba stores starting n...
Sep 15, 2016
Ottawa's Chateau Laurier hotel to undergo major expansion, renovations
OTTAWA - Major changes are in the works for the iconic Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in the national capital. The plan is to add as many as 200 long-term stay suites in the hotel just steps from Parl...
Sep 15, 2016
Julia maintains tropical storm strength off southeast coast
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Julia maintained tropical storm strength Thursday night after earlier weakening to a tropical depression, but forecasters said it would gradually lose steam again while meandering o...
Sep 15, 2016

Amid tighter race, Clinton and Trump trade barbs over health
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Hillary Clinton returned to campaigning without offering apologies for keeping her pneumonia a secret, focusing on criticizing opponent Donald Trump instead of how she handled her h...
Sep 15, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Sept. 15
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- VERDICT TODAY IN TRAVIS VADER’S TRIAL More than six years after Lyle and Marie McCann vanished without a trace while on a summer road t...
Sep 15, 2016
Prince Charles honours New Zealanders slain in World War I
LONGUEVAL, France - Britain’s Prince Charles and other dignitaries honoured thousands of soldiers from New Zealand and other Pacific islands killed 100 years ago in World War I, in emotional cer...
Sep 15, 2016
Growing list of solar projects in the wings as Alberta moves to replace coal
CALGARY - Solar power projects that could jolt Alberta’s electricity grid with the addition of hundreds of megawatts of renewable power are being lined up in anticipation of incentives from the ...
Sep 15, 2016

Couple's family relieved at guilty verdict, but still don't know what happened
EDMONTON - The son of an Alberta couple who disappeared while driving to a camping trip with family more than six years ago said Thursday that a murder verdict in their deaths is a huge relief to the ...
Sep 15, 2016