Category Archives: Canadian Press

Fire, smoke fill Saint John sky after oil refinery blast: 'My whole house shook'
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A massive oil refinery blast shook this historic port city Monday, sending flames and black smoke high into the sky but causing only four minor injuries - and leaving officials reli...
Oct 8, 2018

Former first daughter Barbara Bush gets married
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Former first daughter Barbara Bush has gotten married. Her father, former President George W. Bush, escorted his daughter down the aisle while her grandfather, former President ...
Oct 8, 2018
Man charged with murder in 2017 death of 12-year-old Nunavut boy
RANKIN INLET, Nunavut - A man has been charged with murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy from Nunavut following a 15-month investigation. Searchers found the body of Ray Taparti Jr., who also went...
Oct 8, 2018

Trial told of woman's 'intense fear' alone in barracks with dozens of men
HALIFAX - The trial of a British sailor accused in a gang rape at a Halifax-area military base continues Tuesday, after testimony from a young woman who described a harrowing scene of being virtually ...
Oct 8, 2018
Five of rock band 54-40's seven missing guitars found by New Westminster police
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police say they’ve found five of the seven vintage guitars that were allegedly stolen from rock band 54-40. Investigators in New Westminster, B.C., say they were called a...
Oct 8, 2018

2 Americans win econ Nobel for work on climate and growth
STOCKHOLM - Just a day after a United Nations panel called for urgent action on climate change, the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded Monday to one American researcher for his work on the economics...
Oct 8, 2018
UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
WASHINGTON - Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an internation...
Oct 8, 2018

Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh during swearing-in ceremony
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in -again, for the cameras, this time - Monday night at a White House ceremony, but not before President Donald Trump slammed KavanaughR...
Oct 8, 2018
China tells US to stop criticism, says relations suffering
BEIJING - Chinese officials appealed to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday to repair relations they said have been damaged by U.S. tariff hikes and support for Taiwan, as their governments ...
Oct 8, 2018

US urges UN court to toss out Iranian case on frozen assets
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The U.S. on Monday urged the United Nations’ highest court to toss out a case filed by Iran that seeks to recover around $2 billion worth of frozen assets the U.S. Supre...
Oct 8, 2018