Category Archives: Canadian Press
Drunk baggage handler falls asleep in hold, flies to Chicago
CHICAGO - Police say a baggage handler told them he was drunk when he fell asleep in a cargo hold and flew from Kansas City to Chicago. American Airlines says the Piedmont Airlines employee was workin...
Nov 01, 2018
Bank data furor threatens ability to compile accurate data: chief statistician
OTTAWA - Well before Statistics Canada set out to scoop up private banking information from 500,000 Canadians, it had already collected reams of corporate and individual tax forms and health records -...
Nov 01, 2018
Video of cop killer becomes Trump campaign push
WASHINGTON - The widows of two police officers the Mexican immigrant murdered were invited to President Donald Trump’s 2017 address to Congress. The conservative Breitbart News faithfully chroni...
Nov 01, 2018
Prince Charles praises Gambians for regime change
BANJUL, Gambia - Britain’s Prince Charles is applauding Gambians for overturning two decades of autocratic rule during his first stop on a West African tour. On Thursday, Prince Charles called t...
Nov 01, 2018
US vows tough approach to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba
MIAMI - The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Venezuela and Cuba and promised additional penalties against Nicaragua as the Trump administration laid out a hard-line policy toward countr...
Nov 01, 2018
Taxi drivers seek up to $1B from Quebec for allowing Uber to operate
MONTREAL - Quebec cab drivers have been given the green light to sue the provincial government, alleging it stood by as Uber moved into their market. A lawyer for the taxi drivers said if they win the...
Nov 01, 2018
#MeToo brings change, debate to literary magazines
NEW YORK - For literary magazines over the past year, much of the news has been in the masthead. Editor Lorin Stein of the Paris Review left amid allegations of sexual harassment and editor Ian Buruma...
Nov 01, 2018
Found dinosaur bones in Alberta Badlands: Google doodle honours Joseph Tyrrell
Thursday’s Google doodle features a man standing among large dinosaur bones in the Alberta Badlands. It’s in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, who was born 160 years ago in Weston, Ont. ̶...
Nov 01, 2018
UVic study finds homeless, vulnerable, finally get care when at death's door
VICTORIA - The lives of 25 homeless or marginally housed people in Victoria only started to get better when they were close to death, says a University of Victoria study released Thursday. Researchers...
Nov 01, 2018
Baloney Meter: Has there been a significant reduction in irregular migration?
OTTAWA - “The member opposite’s assertion that the numbers (of irregular migrants) are going up is simply wrong. We have seen a significant reduction of those numbers just over the past fe...
Nov 01, 2018