Category Archives: Canadian Press
Power restoration continues in Maritimes after winds and rain lash region
HALIFAX - Tens of thousand of people across the Maritimes were still without power early today and some schools were closed after the region was hit by powerful gusts and torrential downpours over the...
Nov 05, 2018
New Taiwan performing arts centre billed as largest in world
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - A sprawling complex of four theatres billed as the biggest performing arts centre in the world has opened in southern Taiwan. The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts houses a 1,...
Nov 05, 2018
Search on for survivors of 2 collapsed buildings in France
MARSEILLE, France - Two buildings collapsed into a pile of rubble and beams Monday in the French city of Marseille, where authorities spoke of a race against time to find people possibly trapped in th...
Nov 05, 2018
'Eddie the Eagle' among Olympians cheering for a Calgary 2026 bid at rally
CALGARY - Mayor Naheed Nenshi says the naysayers have been winning the debate over whether Calgary should hold the Winter Olympics in 2026, but there’s still time to change the narrative before ...
Nov 05, 2018
Dairy farmer anger over trade deal gets awkward for at least one Liberal MP
OTTAWA - The newly struck North American trade agreement will let more American dairy products into Canada and, while it has yet to be ratified, it’s already putting at least one MP from the gov...
Nov 05, 2018
In the news today, Nov. 5
Six stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 5 --- CASE OF ALLEGED SERIAL KILLER DUE IN ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT The case of the man accused of killing eight men with ties to Toronto’s gay village is ...
Nov 05, 2018
Bruce McArthur could stand trial as early as September 2019: judge
TORONTO - A man accused of killing eight men with ties to Toronto’s gay village could stand trial as early as next September, a judge said Monday as the alleged serial killer made his first appe...
Nov 05, 2018
Liberals detail homelessness program, set to unveil anti-poverty law
OTTAWA - Cities looking for more federal cash and a more regular flow of money to tackle poverty are being told that they will be able to tap into $1.25 billion over the next nine years through the Li...
Nov 05, 2018
CUPW launches new rotating strikes in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Post employees has launched a new round of rotating strikes in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the latest Ontari...
Nov 05, 2018
Taliban attack an Afghan forces check point, killing 13
KABUL - The Taliban launched an attack early Monday on a newly established joint Afghan army and police checkpoint in eastern Ghazni province, killing at least 13 soldiers and policemen, according to ...
Nov 04, 2018