Category Archives: Canadian Press
Housing for homeless helps prevent winter emergency shelter crises: advocate
Homeless shelter emergencies aren’t happening in other Canadian winter cities because they have focused on getting people into housing, says the head of a national group working to get people of...
Jan 14, 2018

Supreme Court case could lead to First Nations role in law-making
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is to begin hearings Monday in an appeal that could force lawmakers across the country to give First Nations a role in drafting legislation that affects treaty rig...
Jan 14, 2018

Sears Canada closes its final stores after months-long liquidation
The few remaining Sears Canada stores closed their doors for good on Sunday. The longtime staple of Canada’s retail landscape declared bankruptcy last year and announced in the fall that it woul...
Jan 14, 2018

Atlantic Canada recovers from flooding, outages and evacuations after deluge
Dozens of people from a rural New Brunswick community were set to return home Sunday night as authorities in many parts of Atlantic Canada worked to clean up the aftermath of a deluge that flooded bas...
Jan 14, 2018
Crown wants convictions for B.C. pair earlier accused of terror-related crimes
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge was wrong to throw out findings of guilt against a pair of accused terrorist sympathizers who planted what they thought were pressure-cooker bombs on the lawn of t...
Jan 14, 2018
UK party suspends leader's girlfriend over Markle remarks
LONDON - The U.K. Independence Party has suspended the girlfriend of the party’s leader after she reportedly made racist remarks about Prince Harry’s fiancee Meghan Markle. In a statement,...
Jan 14, 2018
Earthquake in Peru destroys dozens of homes, kills 1 man
LIMA, Peru - A powerful earthquake struck off Peru’s coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, officials said. The sole fat...
Jan 14, 2018

Iran oil tanker explodes, sinks off China with no survivors
TEHRAN, Iran - A burning Iranian oil tanker exploded and sank Sunday after more than a week listing off the coast of China, as an Iranian official acknowledged there was “no hope” of missi...
Jan 14, 2018
After 8-year hiatus, Ford Ranger returns to US in 2019
DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. will re-enter the U.S. midsize pickup truck market next spring with the 2019 Ford Ranger. The automaker is set to unveil the new North American version of the Ranger S...
Jan 14, 2018

Administration plan sees deterrence in new nuclear firepower
WASHINGTON - With Russia in mind, the Trump administration is aiming to develop new nuclear firepower that it says will make it easier to deter threats to European allies. The plan, not yet approved b...
Jan 14, 2018