Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Ode to Joy': 104-year-old sings cheerily on eve of suicide
BASEL, Switzerland - A 104-year-old Australian man who plans to end his life in Switzerland on Thursday cheerily sang a few bars of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as he told reporters that medically...
May 09, 2018
Local leader threatens R. Kelly protest in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Critics who accuse singer R. Kelly of sexual misconduct are threatening to stage a protest at his upcoming show in North Carolina if it isn’t cancelled. The threatened protest ...
May 09, 2018
Can you spare a dime? Truck full of coins crashes in Nevada
LAS VEGAS - Brother can you spare a dime? How about 8 million of them? A semi-trailer truck hauling $800,000 worth of dimes crashed Tuesday into a guard rail on an interstate near Las Vegas, spilling ...
May 09, 2018
Buono not feeling nostalgic heading into final CFL season with Lions
Wally Buono wants to go out a winner. The 2018 CFL season will be the last for the B.C. Lions veteran head coach. And Buono is willing to adopt the late Don Matthews’ high-risk, high-reward mant...
May 09, 2018
'We kind of adopted her': Toronto royal fans embrace Meghan Markle
TORONTO - A ticket for a minor traffic infraction and a sudden preponderance of black SUVs were Tiffany Babiak’s early clues that something was different about her normally quiet downtown neighb...
May 09, 2018
Alberta changes abortion clinic bill, conservatives still no-shows on votes
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government made more changes to its abortion clinic bill Wednesday while the Opposition United Conservatives continued to register their displeasure by wal...
May 09, 2018
'So tinder dry:' Trains suspected in some grass fires in prairie communities
WINNIPEG - An extremely dry spring in the eastern Prairies has meant an early start to fire season and in some cases trains are being suspected as the cause. “It is tinder dry,” said David...
May 09, 2018
Foreign students in B.C. targeted by "virtual kidnapping" extortion scheme
Vancouver police are warning about schemes dubbed “virtual kidnappings” aimed mainly at young women from mainland China who are studying in Canada on student visas. Sgt. Jason Robillard sa...
May 09, 2018
Somalia suicide bomber strikes market, kills at least 10
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali official says a suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people at a crowded market in a southern town. Security official Ali Mohamed tells The Associated Press that the bom...
May 09, 2018
Saskatchewan seeks intervener status in B.C. Trans Mountain pipeline case
REGINA - Saskatchewan is seeking intervener status in British Columbia’s reference case over the flow of heavy oil through that province. Attorney General Don Morgan says Saskatchewan is dismaye...
May 09, 2018