Category Archives: Canadian Press

Koreas may field a joint women's hockey team at Olympics
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North and South Korea want to field a joint women’s hockey team at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and they have relayed their position to the International Olympic Committ...
Jan 15, 2018

Daughter of former public servant in court to face first-degree murder trial
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Jury selection started in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court on Monday for a former top athlete charged with murder in the death of a man found outside a St. John’s...
Jan 15, 2018
UK state contractor collapses in liquidation,putting 6,000 Canadian jobs at risk
LONDON - One of the British state’s biggest contractors collapsed Monday, putting thousands of jobs at risk, after creditors and the government refused to bail out a company struggling under the...
Jan 15, 2018

UAE says Qatar fighter jets intercept flights, Doha denies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates on Monday claimed that Qatari fighter jets intercepted two of its commercial airliners in international airspace on the way to Bahrain, allegatio...
Jan 15, 2018
French star Deneuve apologizes to sexual abuse victims
PARIS - Film star Catherine Deneuve has apologized to victims of “odious” acts of sexual abuse, after she signed a much-criticized letter saying men are being unfairly accused of sexual mi...
Jan 15, 2018

Chronic pain patients need services beyond just opioids: B.C. advocate
VANCOUVER - People who live with chronic pain need options beyond prescription opioids, and it’s up to the British Columbia government to provide more services such as physiotherapy, says the he...
Jan 15, 2018

Lac-Megantic jurors to deliberate for sixth day Tuesday
SHERBROOKE, Que. - A Quebec judge told the jurors at the Lac-Megantic trial Monday to take all the time they need to reach a verdict for three former railway employees accused in the tragedy that kill...
Jan 15, 2018
Airbus could abandon A380 superjumbo amid lacklustre sales
PARIS - Airbus said Monday it will stop making the costly A380 superjumbo if it can’t strike a long-term deal with the airline Emirates for a steady supply of the planes. Abandoning the A380 wou...
Jan 15, 2018
Shapovalov downs Tsitsipas to advance to second round at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday. It’s the f...
Jan 15, 2018
Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 38, shatter post-IS calm
BAGHDAD - Twin suicide bombings rocked Baghdad on Monday, killing 38 people in the deadliest attack since Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group last month, and raising fears ahead of nati...
Jan 14, 2018