Category Archives: Canadian Press
EgyptAir seeks to shift blame for Drew Barrymore interview
CAIRO - EgyptAir is trying to shift the blame to a local advertising agency for a bizarre article in its in-flight magazine purportedly based on an interview with actress Drew Barrymore. The airline, ...
Oct 9, 2018
Dutch appeals court upholds landmark climate case ruling
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday upheld a landmark ruling that ordered the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 per cent by 2020 from benchmark 1990 level...
Oct 9, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Philadelphia 7 Ottawa 4 Washington 5 Vegas 2 Arizona 3 Anaheim 2 (SO) — AHL Bakersfield 3 San Jose 2 (SO) Rochester 6 Syracuse 3 Binghamton 5 Hartford 3 — NBA P...
Oct 9, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 9
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 9 ___ FLARE-UPS POSSIBLE AT IRVING REFINERY Residents of a Saint John, N.B., neighbourhood that was the scene of a massive oil refinery explosion have been w...
Oct 9, 2018
Seoul says Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit N. Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit the officially atheist country, South Korea said Tuesday. South Korea’s presidential office said in a stat...
Oct 9, 2018
Homeless B.C. Indigenous Nation buys land on Vancouver Island to build community
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - Thomas Smith says his most vivid memory of living on British Columbia’s Turnour Island was watching families leave their homes. Five decades later, images of the exodus fr...
Oct 9, 2018
'Thought I was dead for sure': Worker recalls escape from Irving Oil explosion
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - First, Jonathan Wright heard a loud hissing. Then he was thrown to the ground and turned to see a wall of orange, as flames surrounded him and several other workers after a massive ...
Oct 9, 2018
Liberals told to build new benefits for ill, unemployed workers, docs show
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has been given an ambitious plan for closing several gaps in the social-safety net for ill and unemployed Canadians that includes creating a new program to help those w...
Oct 9, 2018
IMF downgrades outlook for world economy to 3.7 pct. growth
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade. The IMF said Monday that the global economy...
Oct 9, 2018
Eagles' Joe Walsh tells his addiction story at gala evening
NEW YORK - Eagles band member Joe Walsh and his wife, Marjorie Walsh, have been honoured by the non-profit Facing Addiction with NCADD for their support of the recovery movement. The soon to be 70-yea...
Oct 9, 2018