Category Archives: Canadian Press
Senators sign defenceman Chris Wideman to one-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators and defenceman Chris Wideman have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension. The team announced the deal, which will carry an annual value of $1 million for the 201...
Jun 24, 2018
Nearly half of youth incarcerated are Indigenous: Statistics Canada
WINNIPEG - Nearly half of all youth who end up in custody across Canada are Indigenous, a statistic that a Manitoba activist says shows unacceptable and systemic racism. Data released by Statistics Ca...
Jun 24, 2018
Opposition parties tying up work of Parliament with obstruction tactics
OTTAWA - Anyone watching the televised proceedings in the House of Commons one night earlier this month might have thought they’d mistakenly tuned in to a travelogue. One after another, dozens o...
Jun 24, 2018
Manitoba, Saskatchewan had highest rates of Indigenous youth in custody 2016-17
WINNIPEG - A Statistics Canada report says 46 per cent of all incarcerated youth across Canada were Indigenous in 2016-17. Here is a breakdown by province of admissions to custody of Aboriginal youth ...
Jun 24, 2018
On the hunt in Oregon for a rare Sierra Nevada red fox
BEND, Ore. - In a dense forest at the base of Mount Bachelor, two wildlife biologists slowly walked toward a small cage trap they hoped would contain a rare red fox species. Jamie Bowles, an Oregon De...
Jun 24, 2018
Coric ends Federer's winning streak to take Halle title
HALLE, Germany - Borna Coric defeated defending champion Roger Federer 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2 to win the Gerry Weber Open final on Sunday. The 21-year-old Croat saved three of the four break points he face...
Jun 24, 2018
New Brunswick election will offer preview of 2019 federal battle
FREDERICTON - A telegenic, social media-savvy Liberal leader known for big deficits is pitted against an austerity-minded rookie Tory leader just beginning to make an impression on voters. In what can...
Jun 24, 2018
Optimism and strife to greet Canadian peacekeepers as they arrive in Mali
BAMAKO, Mali - When Canada’s first peacekeepers to this West African nation arrive at their new home Sunday, they will find a country riven by rampant poverty, internal divisions and strife - bu...
Jun 24, 2018
A dozen Canadian peacekeepers arrive in Mali as yearlong mission begins
GAO, Mali - Canadian troops started to take up their positions in the world’s most dangerous peacekeeping mission on Sunday, as a dozen Forces members flew into an isolated United Nations’...
Jun 24, 2018
BNSF: Estimated 230,000 gallons of oil spilled in derailment
DOON, Iowa - An estimated 230,000 gallons (870,619 litres) of crude oil spilled into floodwaters in the northwestern corner of Iowa following a train derailment, a railroad official said Saturday. BNS...
Jun 24, 2018