Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex-CIA employee pleads not guilty to hacking tool leak
NEW YORK - A former CIA employee pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he stole classified information about the agency’s hacking abilities and gave it to WikiLeaks. For the CIA, the case a...
Jun 20, 2018
US stepping up Earth's protection from asteroids, comets
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to protect the planet from incoming asteroids that could wipe out entire regions or even continents. The National Science and Technolo...
Jun 20, 2018
Guatemalan man recalls fear, agony of separation from child
PROVO, Utah - Three-year-old Genesis Gonzalez Lopez giggled excitedly as she played with her father at a sunny Utah park, zipping down a slide again and again into his arms. The happy scene this week ...
Jun 20, 2018
Police video from Las Vegas shooting shows chaos, confusion
LAS VEGAS - Police body camera videos released Wednesday show the chaos and confusion Las Vegas police officers and first responders faced at a mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip as waves of wounded...
Jun 20, 2018
Police: Bear that mauled searcher likely killed Alaska hiker
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Authorities in Alaska’s largest city said they believe the same brown bear killed a hiker who had gone missing and attacked a volunteer who was looking for him Wednesday. The...
Jun 20, 2018
Snider, Merrill headline Canada's 23-man roster for world lacrosse championship
OTTAWA - Geoff Snider and Brodie Merrill will don the red and white for a fourth time as they and 21 other players were named to Canada’s roster for the upcoming men’s field lacrosse champ...
Jun 20, 2018
Delvin Breaux getting up to speed on return to Hamilton Tiger-Cats defence
CALGARY - Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker Simoni Lawrence says he threatened to cry for eight straight days if Delvin Breaux didn’t choose Steeltown for his return to the CFL. Lawrence was joking...
Jun 20, 2018
Quebec once against changing high school history textbooks, second time since 2016
MONTREAL - Quebec is once again replacing its high school history textbooks, this time to include more content on the country’s Indigenous peoples. It is the second time since 2016 that the gove...
Jun 20, 2018
Bettman on Senators' situation: 'It's more sensationalized than anything else'
LAS VEGAS - Despite a rash of recent negative headlines suggesting otherwise, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says there is “no issue” with the Ottawa Senators. Speaking after the leagueR...
Jun 20, 2018
Peter Fonda apologizes for 'vulgar' Barron Trump tweet
NEW YORK - Peter Fonda apologized Wednesday for a late-night Twitter rant in which he suggested 12-year-old Barron Trump should be ripped from “his mother’s arms and put in a cage with ped...
Jun 20, 2018