Category Archives: Canadian Press
Boko Haram releases 13 hostages after talks with Nigeria
YOLA, Nigeria - Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women who it had kidnapped in separate raids last year, Nigeria’s government said Saturday. The academics were ...
Feb 10, 2018
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says blocking Trans Mountain is 'illegal'
OTTAWA - British Columbia’s efforts to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are illegal and will hurt all of Canada, says the former B.C. premier who originally approved the interprovinci...
Feb 10, 2018
Trudeau says his trade message is being heard in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES - The pro-trade message Canada is touting in the United States will resonate with everyday Americans and their political class, even if the words get obscured by the breaking news of the d...
Feb 10, 2018
Colten Boushie's mother delivers emotional message as rallies held across Canada
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The emotions were raw at demonstrations across Canada on Saturday to protest the acquittal of a white Saskatchewan farmer in the shooting death of a young Indigenous man. The...
Feb 10, 2018
Kim Cattrall calls out Sarah Jessica Parker for 'exploiting' brother's death
NEW YORK - Canadian-raised actress Kim Cattrall has a message for her “Sex and the City” co-star, Sarah Jessica Parker: Spare me your sympathy. In an Instagram post Saturday, Cattrall lash...
Feb 10, 2018
Kane seals Spurs derby win; 4 Aguero goals for leader City
LONDON - With a north London derby victory, Tottenham emerged from one of its most taxing runs in the English Premier League unbeaten and with its top-four pursuit reinvigorated. Only a second-half he...
Feb 10, 2018
Canada loses both singles matches to fall 0-2 against Romania at Fed Cup
CLUJ, Romania - Canada lost both its singles matches Saturday to go down 2-0 to Romania in their first-round World Group II Fed Cup tie. Sorana Cirstea started the day with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Car...
Feb 10, 2018
Indonesia bus crash kills 27; police say brakes failed
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A packed tourist bus returning from an outing collided with a motorbike and plunged from a hill on Indonesia’s main island of Java after its brakes apparently malfunctioned,...
Feb 10, 2018
Doug Ford, Christine Elliott make leadership pitches at conservative conference
OTTAWA - The long-term and immediate futures of the conservative movement were under scrutiny this weekend at the annual gathering of Canada’s right-of-centre. Candidates for the leadership of t...
Feb 10, 2018
Fine arts museum celebrating Chinese New Year
BOSTON - The Museum of Fine Arts is opening its doors to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The renowned Boston museum says admission will be free all day Saturday, and musical and dance performances from ...
Feb 10, 2018