Category Archives: Canadian Press

Gaps leave children at risk of online exploitation, federal study warns
OTTAWA - There are “serious gaps” - in resources, training and research - in efforts to protect young people from online sexual exploitation, warns a study prepared for the federal governm...
Aug 31, 2016
Hurricane weakens as it nears Hawaii's Big Island
HILO, Hawaii - Merchants boarded up shop windows Wednesday along Hilo Bay, and shoppers snatched supplies of food and water from grocery store shelves as what could be the first hurricane to hit Hawai...
Aug 31, 2016

Canada returns to site of humiliating 8-1 defeat in World Cup qualifier
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Nearly four years on from a spectacular humiliation, Canada’s men’s soccer team returns to Honduras with its World Cup qualifying hopes once again hanging in the...
Aug 31, 2016
Conservatives: dire economic data undermine Liberal promises of growth
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives and the NDP seized on Wednesday’s news of grim second-quarter economic growth as evidence that the Liberal government’s election promises of jobs and ...
Aug 31, 2016
Conservatives: dire economic data undermine Liberal promises of growth
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives and the NDP seized on Wednesday’s news of grim second-quarter economic growth as evidence that the Liberal government’s election promises of jobs and ...
Aug 31, 2016

Tough economic outlook in Brazil after president removed
SAO PAULO - Two dramas that grabbed global attention - the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the removal of Brazil’s president - have now concluded. But Brazil is far from answering the biggest cha...
Aug 31, 2016

NHL adds meldonium to banned substances list
Following the lead of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the NHL has added meldonium to its list of banned substances. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the addition in an email to The Associated Pre...
Aug 31, 2016

The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug. 31 ENVOY LISTS SNAGS TO CANADA-CHINA FREE TRADE: Formal free-trade talks between Canada and China have yet to proceed because of snags over labour, th...
Aug 31, 2016

The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug. 31 ENVOY LISTS SNAGS TO CANADA-CHINA FREE TRADE: Formal free-trade talks between Canada and China have yet to proceed because of snags over labour, th...
Aug 31, 2016

Olympian Jen Kish blasts Alberta Opposition leader for beating premier joke
EDMONTON - One of Canada’s Olympic medallists is calling out Alberta’s Opposition leader for a comment about physically assaulting Premier Rachel Notley. “It drives me nuts,” J...
Aug 31, 2016