Category Archives: Canadian Press

Ebola treatment centre in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead
KINSHASA, Congo - Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment centre in the heart of eastern Congo’s deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers...
Mar 09, 2019

Quebec's major police forces working under cloud of suspicion after suspensions, leaks
MONTREAL - The past two years have not been easy for Quebec’s three major police forces, whose officers have been working in a climate of suspicion, scandal and now an allegation of criminal wro...
Mar 09, 2019
India returns key diplomat to Pakistan as tensions ease
NEW DELHI - India said Saturday that it was returning a key diplomat to Pakistan’s capital amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear neighbours, but also demanded that its archrival take co...
Mar 09, 2019

UK official says EU playing games over Brexit
LONDON - With tensions escalating, Britain’s House of Commons leader said Saturday that European Union officials need to take seriously British proposals for ending the Brexit impasse before a c...
Mar 09, 2019

Time on his hands: John Scott changes the time on Toronto's clock towers
Every spring and fall, John Scott climbs up clock towers across Toronto to change time. “The keymaster, the time master - I’ve been called a lot of titles,” says the 61-year-old. ...
Mar 09, 2019

Japanese woman honoured by Guinness as oldest person at 116
TOKYO - A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honoured Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on record...
Mar 09, 2019

AP source: Trump to seek money for border wall, Space Force
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being...
Mar 09, 2019
Netanyahu campaign draws accusations of incitement
JERUSALEM - When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has run into political trouble in the past, he has lashed out at the media, the political opposition and Israel’s Arab minority with incendiary...
Mar 09, 2019
No winning ticket for Friday night's $16.7 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $16.7 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 15 will grow to approximately $25 million. T...
Mar 09, 2019
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games NHL Winnipeg 8 Carolina 1 Anaheim 8 Montreal 2 Florida 6 Minnesota 2 Washington 3 New Jersey 0 — AHL Cleveland 4 Belleville 0 Iowa 4 Grand Rapids 3 (OT) Syracuse 4 Utica 0 T...
Mar 08, 2019