Category Archives: Canadian Press
Plane returns to LA because passenger was on wrong flight
LOS ANGELES - A Tokyo-bound flight returned to Los Angeles hours into the journey after the crew discovered that one of the passengers had boarded the wrong plane, All Nippon Airways said Wednesday. T...
Dec 27, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Dec. 29 --- SHERMAN FAMILY HIRES PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: The family of a billionaire philanthropist couple found dead earlier this month has hired a team of ...
Dec 27, 2017
Six sent to hospital in crash that closed Highway 1 in B.C. for hours
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Six people were taken to hospital Wednesday after a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services says three ground ambulances and an...
Dec 27, 2017
Free bird: Officer rescues snowy owl from prison barbed wire
HUNTINGDON, Pa. - A resourceful Pennsylvania wildlife conservation officer has helped to engineer a daring prison escape. A snowy owl that had become trapped in barbed wire in a perimeter fence at the...
Dec 27, 2017
Correction: Medical Marijuana-Texas story
MANCHACA, Texas - In a story Dec. 15 about Texas’ medical marijuana program, The Associated Press misidentified a National Conference of State Legislatures program director. Her name is Karmen H...
Dec 27, 2017
Feds axe $1,000 fee for certain families to hire foreign nannies, caregivers
OTTAWA - Some families seeking foreign caregivers to look after their children or family members with a disability will be exempt from paying a $1,000 application fee. The federal government published...
Dec 27, 2017
Special delivery: Family welcomes 2nd Christmas Eve baby
STONY BROOK, N.Y. - For one suburban New York family, Christmas Eve is turning into a tradition of very special deliveries. Newsday says Stony Brook residents Jacki and Josh Grossman had their second ...
Dec 27, 2017
Energy company charged after two workers at Alberta plant killed in explosion
EDMONTON - Nexen Energy is facing workplace charges following the deaths of two oilsands workers in northern Alberta. The men had been doing maintenance work in a hydrogen compressor building at the c...
Dec 27, 2017
Gord Downie, Stuart McLean: Canadian newsmakers who died in 2017
A list of some Canadian newsmakers who died in 2017: JANUARY 1 – Yvon Dupuis, 90, Quebec Liberal MNA and MP. 1 – Stuart Hamilton, 87, opera coach and CBC radio host, of prostate cancer. 1 ...
Dec 27, 2017
Group of Montreal work colleagues win $60-million Lotto Max jackpot
MONTREAL - A somewhat secretive group of Montrealers who recently won the $60-million Lotto Max grand prize picked up their cheques Wednesday and were presented to the media. Quebec’s gaming aut...
Dec 27, 2017