Category Archives: Canadian Press
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceases operations, stranding passengers
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceased operations today, stranding passengers across two continents. In a statement on its website, the airline told passengers there would be no ...
Mar 28, 2019
Solskjaer stays at the wheel in his dream job at Man United
In his 99 days as interim manager at Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer delivered a record-breaking set of results, restored the team’s identity and swagger, and lifted the gloom lingering ...
Mar 28, 2019
At least 19 killed by Bangladesh high-rise building blaze
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A fire swept through a high-rise office building in Bangladesh’s capital on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring about 70 others, officials said. The blaze trapp...
Mar 28, 2019
In the news today, March 28
Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 28 --- QUEBEC TO TABLE LONG-AWAITED SECULARISM BILL The Coalition Avenir Quebec government will table its secularism bill today, fulfilling an election pro...
Mar 28, 2019
Quebec bill bans religious symbols for public workers, uses notwithstanding clause
Quebec’s secularism bill reflects the wishes of the Quebecois nation, the government said after introducing legislation Thursday prohibiting many public sector workers from wearing religious sym...
Mar 28, 2019
Newfoundland woman stabbed boyfriend over ejection from Bryan Adams concert
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman angry at her boyfriend because they were ejected from a Bryan Adams concert threw a pot of macaroni salad at him and then stabbed his face, a St. JohnR...
Mar 28, 2019
OD prevention sites possible at Canada's prisons: Correctional Service
VANCOUVER - Canada’s prisoner service is considering opening overdose prevention sites as it expands a needle-exchange program that is now offered at a fifth institution for offenders who inject...
Mar 28, 2019
Wrongfully convicted man's case sat on Wilson-Raybould's desk for months
OTTAWA - Glen Assoun’s lawyer says the wrongfully convicted Halifax man suffered “every single day” as he waited to be exonerated for a murder he didn’t commit - a wait that wa...
Mar 28, 2019
Smollett saga shook public trust, heightened racial tensions
In the two months since Jussie Smollett reported a late-night attack by assailants shouting racial and anti-gay slurs, the “Empire” actor and activist went from victim to defendant. Police...
Mar 28, 2019
Rescued migrants safe in Europe after hijacking oil tanker
VALLETTA, Malta - A group of migrants desperate not to go back to Libya made it safely to Europe on Thursday after commandeering the oil tanker that rescued them at sea - a drama that underlined contr...
Mar 28, 2019