Category Archives: Canadian Press
'This is a huge environmental issue': City looks at restricting flyer delivery
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s capital is considering restricting flyer and ad mail delivery, potentially joining other Canadian cities that give residents the option of vetoing the uninvited paper clo...
Apr 23, 2018
Russian rocket stage with toxic fuel to fall in Canadian Arctic
Another Russian rocket stage likely to be holding highly toxic fuel is slated to splash down in environmentally sensitive waters of the Canadian Arctic on Wednesday. Documents on the website of the Eu...
Apr 23, 2018
NDP wants MPs to invite Pope Francis to apologize for residential schools
OTTAWA - The NDP is hoping MPs from other parties will join them in issuing a formal invitation to Pope Francis to apologize to residential school survivors. NDP MP Charlie Angus said an opposition da...
Apr 23, 2018
N.S. reports another online privacy breach, this time at Halifax school board
HALIFAX - There’s been another online privacy breach in Nova Scotia, this time involving an internet-based registration system used by Halifax’s school board. The board, now known as the H...
Apr 23, 2018
Ten dead, 15 injured in van incident authorities call an horrific attack
TORONTO - The death toll rose to at least 10 late Monday following a “horrific attack” in which a young man drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians along a stretch of one of Toronto’...
Apr 23, 2018
Court sides with human in copyright fight over monkey selfie
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. appeals court on Monday favoured humans over animals in a novel copyright lawsuit filed over a series of entertaining selfies taken by a monkey with a toothy grin. U.S. copyrigh...
Apr 23, 2018
Admiring teen's courage, Dwayne Johnson declines prom invite
STILLWATER, Minn. - An eastern Minnesota teen who asked her celebrity crush Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to prom got a huge surprise when he actually responded. Stillwater Area High School Se...
Apr 23, 2018
Kaepernick to honour mother for VH1's 'Dear Mama' special
NEW YORK - Colin Kaepernick is taking time out from his activism to honour one of his fiercest defenders - his mother Teresa. Kaepernick is the first celebrity announced for VH1’s second annual ...
Apr 23, 2018
Canada to oppose Alaska oil drilling on caribou habitat: minister
Three levels of Canadian government say they will oppose the latest attempt to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. “Canada supports the continued conservation of the Porcup...
Apr 23, 2018
Nuclear threat warning broadcast in Winnipeg neighbourhood a prank: police
WINNIPEG - Police say a warning of a nuclear threat that was broadcast in a downtown Winnipeg neighbourhood was a prank. The audio recording blasted through Osborne Village around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday ...
Apr 23, 2018