Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police: 5 injured when ferry hits kayakers on Hudson River
NEW YORK - Five kayakers were injured Tuesday when they were struck by a ferry departing a Manhattan pier and tossed into the Hudson River, police said. It happened just before 6 p.m. near Pier 79 as ...
Aug 30, 2016
911 calls: 'Gunshots going like crazy' in Pulse nightclub
ORLANDO, Fla. - Friends and relatives of patrons trapped in a gay Florida nightclub where a mass shooting left 49 people dead asked police dispatchers why it was taking so long for their loved ones to...
Aug 30, 2016
NDP handily wins Nova Scotia byelection race in Halifax party stronghold
HALIFAX - The provincial NDP in Nova Scotia has handily won a byelection in one of its Halifax strongholds in what one pollster says is an early test of the party’s leftward shift. Unofficial re...
Aug 30, 2016
NDP handily wins Nova Scotia byelection race in Halifax party stronghold
HALIFAX - The provincial NDP in Nova Scotia has handily won a byelection in one of its Halifax strongholds in what one pollster says is an early test of the party’s leftward shift. Unofficial re...
Aug 30, 2016
Wieters' homer leads Orioles past Blue Jays 5-3
BALTIMORE - Matt Wieters hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Jason Grilli in the eighth inning to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. The Orioles pul...
Aug 30, 2016
Northern Saskatchewan mine worker recovering in hospital after wolf attack
SASKATOON - A 26-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was attacked in northern Saskatchewan by a lone wolf. The man, a shift worker at Cameco’s Cigar Lake uranium mine, was walking be...
Aug 30, 2016
Northern Saskatchewan mine worker recovering in hospital after wolf attack
SASKATOON - A 26-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was attacked in northern Saskatchewan by a lone wolf. The man, a shift worker at Cameco’s Cigar Lake uranium mine, was walking be...
Aug 30, 2016
The Latest: Rep. Wasserman Schultz beats primary challenge
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Latest on Florida’s primary (all times local): 9:15 p.m. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has turned back a strong primary challenge and will likely be re-elected to a ...
Aug 30, 2016
US evaluating Taliban video of captive couple in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The State Department said Tuesday it is evaluating a video released by the Afghan Taliban showing a Canadian man and his American wife warning that their Afghan captors will kill them and...
Aug 30, 2016
Canada Post, union reach tentative deal; averts possible job action this week
OTTAWA - Canada Post and its largest union have reached a tentative settlement, averting the prospect of job action this week at the postal service. The tentative agreements must still be ratified by ...
Aug 30, 2016