Category Archives: Canadian Press
Armed police will patrol rail stations at royal wedding
LONDON - British officials say armed and undercover police officers will patrol train stations with routes leading to Windsor when Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle on May 19. British Transport Polic...
Apr 19, 2018
Queen tips Prince Charles to follow her as Commonwealth head
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies. In...
Apr 19, 2018
Feds ordered savings review for Gordie Howe bridge over cost concerns: documents
OTTAWA - Officials overseeing construction of a new cross-border bridge in Windsor, Ont., cobbled together a variety of cost-saving measures on government orders over concerns that expenses were in da...
Apr 19, 2018
Supreme Court upholds law in cross-border beer case, averting trade shakeup
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the constitutionality of a New Brunswick law that ensnared a man who brought home a trunkload of beer and liquor from neighbouring Quebec. The unanimo...
Apr 19, 2018
At trial, experts debate drug Cosby gave to his accuser
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - It’s long been one of the most enduring mysteries of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case: What drug did he give his chief accuser on the night she says he molested her? Cosb...
Apr 19, 2018
In the news today, April 19
Eight stories in the news for Thursday, April 19 --- PM TRUDEAU MEETS WITH COMMONWEALTH LEADERS Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take part in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Govern...
Apr 19, 2018
Funeral for Victoria officer who spent 30 years mostly unresponsive after crash
VICTORIA - A Victoria police officer who lay in an unresponsive state for 30 years after an on-duty collision is finally at peace, a funeral service heard Thursday. Const. Ian Jordan was injured in a ...
Apr 19, 2018
Liberals use convention to energize troops, grow volunteer base for next election
OTTAWA - Thousands of federal Liberals are descending on Halifax for what’s being billed as the unofficial launch of the ruling party’s re-election campaign. The party expects about 3,000 ...
Apr 19, 2018
Quake, at least 5.5 in magnitude, strikes southern Iran
TEHRAN, Iran - An earthquake of at least magnitude 5.5 struck in southern Iran near the country’s sole nuclear power plant on Thursday morning, shaking countries across the Persian Gulf. There w...
Apr 19, 2018
Humboldt Broncos GoFundMe site stops accepting donations as planned
TORONTO - The GoFundMe page dedicated to the Humboldt Broncos, believed to be the largest of its kind in Canadian history, stopped taking donations at midnight Wednesday as planned. The page displays ...
Apr 19, 2018