Category Archives: Canadian Press
Case against Joshua Boyle, former Afghan captive, adjourned until Monday
OTTAWA - Joshua Boyle, the former Afghanistan hostage who now finds himself behind bars in Canada facing a battery of serious criminal charges, will have to wait at least a few more days to find out i...
Jan 3, 2018
Indigenous urban business initiatives growing as demographics shift
CALGARY - Bulldozers and excavators are cutting a broad swath through the reserve land of the Tsuut’ina in southwest Calgary as part of a transformative project gets underway. The push to finish...
Jan 3, 2018
Snowmobilers rescue moose buried neck-deep in snow in western Newfoundland
DEER LAKE, N.L. - A group of snowmobilers pulled out their shovels to free a stuck moose after spotting its head poking out of freshly fallen snow in western Newfoundland. Jonathan Anstey, who owns a ...
Jan 3, 2018
New 4-D film unveiled for tourists at Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON, Va. - Visitors to George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate will see a new 4-D film depicting the Founding Father’s role in the American Revolution. The estate has reopened its...
Jan 3, 2018
Nova Scotia premier says middle-class tax cut largest in province's history
HALIFAX - More than half of Nova Scotians are getting a tax break as what Premier Stephen McNeil calls the largest tax cut in the province's history takes effect this week. The tax cut took effect Mon...
Jan 3, 2018
Crews rescue boy suffering signs of appendicitis on cruise
MIAMI - The United States Coast Guard rescued a 12-year-old Canadian boy who was suffering from symptoms of appendicitis while on a cruise ship. Coast Guard officials said in a news release that a MH-...
Jan 3, 2018
Ethiopia to release imprisoned politicians, close camp
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia’s government says comments by the prime minister on Wednesday that appeared to refer to the planned release of political prisoners instead referred to imprisoned...
Jan 3, 2018
A chronology of Joshua Boyle and his family
Canadian Joshua Boyle, his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three young children were released from captivity last October, five years after the couple disappeared in Afghanistan. Here is a tim...
Jan 3, 2018
Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic drops 2nd rounder at Brisbane International
BRISBANE, Australia - Big-serving Milos Raonic has dropped his second-round match at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Australia. The fourth-seeded resident of Thornhill, Ont., lost in t...
Jan 3, 2018
Fed-up passenger sought fast track on Ryanair wing
MADRID - A passenger on a delayed Ryanair flight from London who apparently got fed up waiting to get off a plane after it landed in the southern Spanish city of Malaga surprised fellow passengers by ...
Jan 3, 2018