Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hamilton takes pole for Spanish GP with track record
BARCELONA, Spain - Lewis Hamilton ended Sebastian Vettel’s dominant run in Formula One qualifying by setting a track record and wining pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday. Hamil...
May 12, 2018
Duclos hosts OECD meeting to swap tips on keeping social anxiety at bay
OTTAWA - When Jean-Yves Duclos hosts other social development ministers and social scientists from 35 countries this coming week, he hopes to swap tips on keeping social anxiety at bay. Member countri...
May 12, 2018
Trump welcomes N. Korea plan to blow up nuke-site tunnels
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Saturday that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong Un’s summit with ...
May 12, 2018
Infectious video shows laughter amid disaster of New Brunswick's floods
CHIPMAN, N.B. - A New Brunswick man has posted an infectious video of his elderly parents checking out the family’s flooded-ravaged cottage, demonstrating there can be laughter in disaster - and...
May 12, 2018
26 people killed in Burundi 'terrorist' attack: Official
BUJUMBURA, Burundi - Twenty-six people were killed and seven others wounded in an attack by an unidentified “terrorist group” in rural Burundi, the country’s security minister said S...
May 12, 2018
Texters who distract drivers could be held liable in accidents: insurance expert
MONTREAL - An insurance and legal expert says texters could be held liable for any damages if they message someone they know is driving and that person has an accident. “There’s an increas...
May 12, 2018
Survivor of gun violence in Afghanistan says she wants to be 'voice of women'
VANCOUVER - When Shakila Zareen looked in the mirror for the first time after her worst attack, she didn’t recognize herself. A bullet from a rifle she said was fired by her husband shattered he...
May 12, 2018
Eurovision 2018 to focus on the music, not the glitz
LISBON, Portugal - The kitsch is conspicuously absent this year and the usual extravagant stage effects are nowhere to be seen. Could the Eurovision Song Contest finally be focusing on the music? The ...
May 12, 2018
No winning ticket for Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, four of the 15 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each were won - three going to ticket h...
May 12, 2018
McCain still up for a fight, even in illness
WASHINGTON - John McCain is not signing off quietly. As in so much of the senator’s extraordinary life, the rebellious Republican is facing this challenging chapter - battling brain cancer - in ...
May 12, 2018