Category Archives: Canadian Press

MOSCOW - Wading through knee-deep snow, hundreds of emergency workers searched a vast field near Moscow on Monday for remains of the 71 victims from the crash of a Russian airliner, and aviation exper...

KABUL - Afghan local officials have confirmed an attack over the weekend in southern Helmand province, saying the Taliban there killed 16 pro-government militiamen. Two officials in Helmand say the at...

NAIROBI, Kenya - As a student, Leah Wangari imagined a glamorous life as a globe-trotting flight attendant, not toiling in dirt and manure. Born and raised in Kenya’s skyscraper-filled capital, ...

Five stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 12 --- CANADA GETS GOLD IN PYEONGCHANG Canada has its first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Gabrielle Daleman clinched the top spot in the team figure...

OTTAWA - When Miriam Diamond’s son was a competitive gymnast, she tried to get toxic flame retardants removed from the foam blocks and landing mats her son was exposed to for 20 hours or more ev...

TORONTO - The family of Laura Babcock said they have learned to hate since finding out that their daughter was brutally killed and her body was burned in an animal incinerator. Babcock’s parents...

VANCOUVER - A new, cheaper microscope developed at a university in British Columbia has the potential to rapidly accelerate research on molecules, scientists say. The mini-radio centrifuge force micro...

A veteran group of decorated figure skaters and moguls star Mikael Kingsbury earned Canada its first gold medals of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., clinched Canada top ...

Sunday’s Games NHL Vancouver 6 Dallas 0 Calgary 3 N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Rangers 3 Winnipeg 1 Detroit 5 Washington 4 (OT) Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 1 Boston 5 New Jersey 3 Colorado 5 Buffalo 4 Phila...

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian snowboarder Laurie Blouin has won a silver medal in the women’s slopestyle at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Sporting a black eye after a nasty crash in tra...