Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mom: Austin bomber's black roommate held until suspect found
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas - The mother of a man who lived with the suspected Austin bomber says her son was handcuffed, taken into custody by SWAT officers and held overnight before police found the suspect...
Mar 21, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Edmonton 7 Carolina 3 Florida 7 Ottawa 2 Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 3 Winnipeg 2 Los Angeles 1 (OT) Vegas 4 Vancouver 1 NY Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 1 Washington 4 ...
Mar 21, 2018
Staffers on Parliament Hill call for closer look at workplace bullying: survey
OTTAWA - The #MeToo movement may have given national prominence to the issue of sexual misconduct on Parliament Hill, but some of the responses to a recent Canadian Press survey suggest bullying and e...
Mar 21, 2018
Liberals told to be careful as feds prepare to consult on plan to combat racism
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are wading carefully into a national dialogue on combating racism and discrimination to ensure a national plan focuses on solutions, instead of sparking a contentious deb...
Mar 21, 2018
IS suicide bomber kills 33 as Afghans celebrate new year
KABUL - An Islamic State group suicide bomber struck on the road to a Shiite shrine in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 33 people as Afghans celebrated the Persian new year, ...
Mar 21, 2018
Liberals awarded $100,000 contract to man at centre of Facebook data controversy
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals have shared details about a $100,000 pilot project undertaken for their caucus research bureau by the Canadian data scientist who triggered an international uproar with alleg...
Mar 21, 2018
No opting out: Canadians to get emergency alerts on their phones soon
TORONTO - Canada’s wireless providers are preparing for a looming update to the National Public Alerting System that will force smartphones to sound an ominous alarm when an emergency alert is t...
Mar 21, 2018
In the news today, March 21
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, March 21 --- LIBERALS TESTED WYLIE PROJECT IN 2016 The Canadian data scientist who admitted to helping political parties score electoral wins by exploiting the p...
Mar 21, 2018
Vancouver university develops program to help kids cope with overdose crisis
NANAIMO, B.C. - Prof. Teri Derksen says an unforgettable image of children playing overdose games in a park became the vision behind a university research project to help kids whose family members hav...
Mar 21, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Tampa Bay at NY Islanders, 7 p.m. NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Arizona at Carolina, 7 p.m. Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m...
Mar 21, 2018