Category Archives: Canadian Press
Saudi airstrikes hit presidency building in Yemen, killing 6
SANAA, Yemen - Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shiite rebels targeted the presidency building in the heart of the Yemeni capital on Monday, leaving at least six people dea...
May 07, 2018
Putin vows to boost Russian economy as he begins 4th term
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin on Monday launched his fourth term as president with an ambitious call to vault Russia into the top five global economies by developing its technological products and agricultu...
May 07, 2018
Georgia Southern honours NFL player killed by drunken driver
STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern University has honoured Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, an alumnus killed by a drunken driver in February. News outlets report Jackson’s parents, ...
May 07, 2018
New RCMP chief's philosophy: 'Be kind and take care of others, have fun'
OTTAWA - When she ran the RCMP’s training academy in Regina, Brenda Lucki told graduating cadets to make the communities they serve better, to be kind and take care of others, to look after them...
May 07, 2018
In the news today, May 7
Six stories in the news for Monday, May 7 --- NEW BRUNSWICK FLOODING RAISING HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS Water levels are expected to continue rising in southern New Brunswick over the next few days - ...
May 07, 2018
'Serious glitches' mean a fail in Quebec, Ontario for emergency warning system
The company operating Canada’s new national public alert system for mobile devices said it would investigate after a test of the system misfired in Quebec on Monday and was hit and miss in Ontar...
May 07, 2018
Damage becoming clear amid historic flood: 'Oh my God, your heart is broken'
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - For 48 years, Jerry McFarland’s rustic cottage on New Brunswick’s Grand Lake was a cherished refuge for family and friends, where precious summertime memories were caref...
May 07, 2018
B.C. high school students who suffered in silence now helping others
VANCOUVER - At his lowest point in Grade 10, Joshua Ramos would walk the streets of his neighbourhood at midnight wearing headphones and wish for the music to drown out the dark thoughts that followed...
May 07, 2018
'We're quite frustrated:' Red tape threatens growing Arctic space industry
Years of federal bureaucratic delay may cost the North millions of dollars in investment in an emerging high-tech industry. A Norwegian company has been waiting since 2016 for Ottawa to grant an opera...
May 07, 2018
'Send him home:' Death row Canadian's father breaks silence weeks before dying
RED DEER, Alta. - Ronald Smith’s father still had a bedroom and a vintage car waiting for the day his son might come home to Alberta from the Montana prison where he has been on death row for 35...
May 07, 2018