Category Archives: Canadian Press
Europe faces a wave of freed terror convicts. Is it ready?
PARIS - Over the next two years, terrorism convicts will walk free from European prisons by the dozens - more than 200 inmates who largely formed the first wave of jihadis streaming to Syria and Iraq,...
May 10, 2018
UK apologizes for role in Libyans' kidnapping and torture
LONDON - Britain acknowledged Thursday that its intelligence agents played a role in the kidnapping and torture of an opponent of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and the man’s wife - a ra...
May 10, 2018
Good news for N.B.: Trans-Canada to reopen Friday as floodwaters recede
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has hit a major flood-recovery milestone: Transportation officials hope to reopen the crucial Trans-Canada Highway between Fredericton and Moncton at noon Friday. The four-...
May 10, 2018
McDonald's serves up bagels amid breakfast war and Tim Hortons franchisee strife
TORONTO - Alongside the Egg McMuffins, hashbrowns and hotcakes that have been on McDonald’s menus for years, consumers who visit the fast food giant’s restaurants Thursday might spot somet...
May 10, 2018
Feds expect to brand less than one per cent of info requests as vexatious
OTTAWA - Federal agencies expect to refuse to process an estimated 275 Access to Information requests from Canadians annually - less than one per cent of the total received - under proposed new powers...
May 10, 2018
In the news today, May 10
Five stories in the news for Thursday, May 10 --- VAN ATTACK ACCUSED DUE IN COURT The man accused of killing 10 people and injuring 16 others in a van attack in Toronto last month is set to appear in ...
May 10, 2018
In sleepy Quebec town, residents prepare to welcome the world for G7 summit
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Locals in Quebec’s Charlevoix region are quick to boast about their “paysage” - their landscape - which was formed when a meteorite smashed into Earth hundreds of ...
May 10, 2018
Former FBI director James Comey likens U.S. President Trump to Mafia boss
TORONTO - Former FBI director James Comey likened U.S. President Donald Trump to a self-serving Mafia boss Thursday during a talk in which he defended the decision to reopen the Hillary Clinton email ...
May 10, 2018
Scientist wants genetic test across Canada to gauge risks of kids' cancer drugs
VANCOUVER - A scientist who developed a lab test to predict whether children with cancer are susceptible to potentially life-threatening side effects from three chemotherapy drugs is now focusing on f...
May 10, 2018
Family of man accused of van attack devastated and grieving for victims: lawyer
TORONTO - The family of the man accused in the deadly van attack that shocked Toronto last month is grieving for the victims but stands by the accused, the man’s lawyer said Thursday as three ne...
May 10, 2018