Category Archives: Canadian Press
Vatican: Parents, hospital must talk in UK sick toddler case
LONDON - Pope Francis offered prayers after his traditional Sunday blessing in St. Peter’s Square for Alfie Evans, a terminally ill British toddler whose parents are locked with hospital officia...
Apr 15, 2018
Canadians enjoy Gold Coast Games even if medal haul didn't meet expectations
GOLD COAST, Australia - While Canada fell well short of its goal of 100-plus medals at the Commonwealth Games, team officials say the true test of the Gold Coast Games will come two years from now at ...
Apr 15, 2018
Stapleton, Lambert, Underwood and Vegas win at ACM Awards
The 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards marked a memorable night for the victims of the massive Las Vegas shooting, comeback queen Carrie Underwood and triple-winners Chris Stapleton and Miranda Lamb...
Apr 15, 2018
African warthog found wandering through Florida neighbourhood
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - African warthogs, not surprisingly, are not native to Florida so state wildlife officials are investigating how one wound up loose in a suburban neighbourhood. Florida Fish and ...
Apr 15, 2018
Blue Jays-Indians postponed again; doubleheader on May 3
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays will try again in a couple of weeks. The teams will play a traditional doubleheader starting at 1:10 p.m. on May 3 at Progressive Field after th...
Apr 15, 2018
Syrian Canadians express mixed reactions to U.S.-led airstrikes
MONTREAL - Syrian Canadians expressed a range of reactions to the recent U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria’s government, with some denouncing foreign aggression and others calling for even stron...
Apr 15, 2018
'A traumatic stressful event:' Alberta wildfire took toll on park staff
The pain would have been excruciating for two female black bears found in Waterton Lakes National Park after the Kenow Mountain wildfire tore through the rugged mountain landscape last September. One ...
Apr 15, 2018
Three years later, U.S. woman faces judge in death-spree plot at Halifax mall
HALIFAX - High school friends remember Lindsay Souvannarath as quiet, clean-cut and weird. She wore yellow high heels and bright lipstick to class at her middle-class high school in suburban Chicago. ...
Apr 15, 2018
'It's all about the Broncos:' Kindness everywhere after bus crash kills 16
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - A tragic bus crash that has sunk a Saskatchewan community into deep sorrow has also released an incredible display of human kindness as residents struggle to deal with their grief. S...
Apr 15, 2018
Ecuadorians set to press appeal against oil giant Chevron over US$9.5B award
TORONTO - Ecuadorian villagers are set this week to try again to hold Chevron Canada legally liable for a huge award against the oil company’s U.S.-based parent for what they say are the serious...
Apr 15, 2018