Category Archives: Canadian Press
Longtime Conservative New Brunswick, federal politician Keith Ashfield dies
FREDERICTON - Tributes were pouring in Monday for veteran New Brunswick and federal politician Keith Ashfield, whose death at the age of 66 was announced Sunday. Rick Lafrance, president of the Progre...
Apr 23, 2018
Bloomberg gives $4.5M to UN climate body, softening US cuts
BERLIN - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $4.5 million to the United Nations body that oversees climate change negotiations. Bloomberg, who has long championed the fight agains...
Apr 23, 2018
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam gets 20 years in related case
BRUSSELS - A Belgian court on Monday found 2015 Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam and an accomplice guilty of attempted murder over shots fired at police as they sought to avoid arrest in Brussels....
Apr 23, 2018
Watchdog warns of humanitarian crisis in Egypt's Sinai
CAIRO - A leading international rights group warned Monday of a humanitarian crisis in the northern part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula amid severe restrictions on the movement of people and goods t...
Apr 23, 2018
In the news today, April 23
Five stories in the news for Monday, April 23 --- BRONCOS OBITUARIES UPSET SOME FAMILIES Some families of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victims are surprised to learn that error-riddled obituaries of the...
Apr 23, 2018
Saudi-led airstrike at Yemen wedding killed at least 20
SANAA, Yemen - An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding party in northern Yemen, killing at least 20 people including the bride, health officials said Monday, as harrowing images emerged ...
Apr 23, 2018
Broncos families surprised obituaries are on website selling services
Some families of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victims are surprised to learn that error-riddled obituaries of their loved ones have been posted on a website that’s selling flowers, as well as onli...
Apr 23, 2018
'It's limitless:' Paralyzed toddler moves from homemade wheelchair to treadmill
EDMONTON - Evelyn Moore sings the alphabet song as her tiny running shoes plunk down on the treadmill. The paralyzed 2 1/2-year old is strapped to the machine with a special harness, as two health wor...
Apr 23, 2018
Federal environment minister defends BP Canada's plans to drill in N.S.
HALIFAX - Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is defending BP Canada’s plans to drill a deep-water exploration well roughly 330 kilometres off the coast of Halifax....
Apr 23, 2018
Mosque killer wanted 'grandiose act' to stop people mocking him: psychologist
QUEBEC - The man who murdered six Muslim men in a Quebec City mosque in January 2017 had been suffering with mental illness for years and wanted to kill, a psychologist who evaluated the gunman said i...
Apr 23, 2018