Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rough terrain complicates efforts to recover bodies in crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Rough terrain complicated efforts to recover the bodies of four Alaskans and a Montana man who were killed when two small planes collided in western Alaska, authorities said Thursd...
Sep 01, 2016

In middle of Pacific, Obama pleas for protecting ecosystems
President Barack Obama plunked down on a speck of coral reef in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and gazed out at the turquoise waters of the marine monument he’s widened to become th...
Sep 01, 2016
Mayor: Cop's tattoo 'offensive,' especially to Nazi victims
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department on Thursday announced an internal review after a photograph surfaced online of an officer with a tattoo that the mayor called “incredibly offens...
Sep 01, 2016
Maude-Aimee Leblanc hopes to finish LPGA season strong at Manulife Classic
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Maude-Aimee Leblanc is hoping for a strong finish to her season in front of Canadian fans. Leblanc, from Sherbrooke, Que., and Hamilton’s Alena Sharp were the low Canadians at ...
Sep 01, 2016

Report documents decades of abuse at elite boarding school
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The elite boarding school St. George’s became a kind of “private hell” for dozens of students in the 1970s and ’80s who were manipulated and sexually abused ...
Sep 01, 2016
Power Move: Choi takes lead at LPGA Manulife Classic by driving through wind
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - South Korea’s Chella Choi was the only one ready for the wind. Choi shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Manulife Classic. ...
Sep 01, 2016

Trudeau uses Shanghai stage to offer public critique of China on human rights
SHANGHAI - Justin Trudeau set his sights squarely on China’s human rights record Thursday, painting Canada as a straight-talking champion of personal freedoms as he lectured an elite business cr...
Sep 01, 2016

Trudeau uses Shanghai stage to offer public critique of China on human rights
SHANGHAI - Justin Trudeau set his sights squarely on China’s human rights record Thursday, painting Canada as a straight-talking champion of personal freedoms as he lectured an elite business cr...
Sep 01, 2016

US factory activity shrinks for first time in 6 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing contracted last month for the first time since February, as new orders and output plummeted and factories cut jobs. The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday th...
Sep 01, 2016
New Vancouver real estate figures anticipated after month of foreign-buyers tax
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver’s real estate market is bracing for a steep decline in detached home sales recorded in August, as new numbers will offer a first look at the immediate impact of a tax...
Sep 01, 2016