Category Archives: Canadian Press
Chargers beat Jets 14-7 to keep post-season hopes alive
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - When the Los Angeles Chargers opened the season 0-4, few gave them much of a chance to make the playoffs. Other than the players themselves, of course. Written off by many afte...
Dec 24, 2017

Guatemala says it is moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala’s president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first nation to follow the lead of ...
Dec 24, 2017
Inuk woman released from hospital after struggle with liver failure
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An Inuk activist from Labrador whose struggle with acute liver failure sparked a national discussion about an Ontario transplant policy is being released from hospital in what...
Dec 24, 2017
Trudeau Christmas message calls for giving, recalls government's accomplishments
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to reach out to their neighbours as they celebrate the holidays. In his annual Christmas address to the nation, Trudeau urges people to make ...
Dec 24, 2017
Sobeys takes romaine lettuce off shelves as precaution amid E. coli outbreak
STELLARTON, N.S. - The Sobeys grocery chain says it is pulling romaine lettuce products from its shelves out of “an abundance of caution” about E. coli contamination. The Public Health Age...
Dec 24, 2017
Putin foe clears first step in bid for Russian presidency
MOSCOW - Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny nominated him for president Sunday, allowing Navalny to ready the endorsement papers required for candidacy and putting pres...
Dec 24, 2017

North Korea calls latest UN sanctions 'an act of war'
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a “pipe dream...
Dec 24, 2017

Man keeps unopened Christmas gift from girl who dumped him almost 50 years ago
EDMONTON - As Canadians tear open their presents this Christmas morning, there’s one dog-eared gift that an Edmonton man won’t be opening that came from an old girlfriend who dumped him al...
Dec 24, 2017

Wolverine fans hoping for a Marvel-ous tourism attraction for Fort McMurray
A raging wildfire known as “The Beast” forced all of Fort McMurray’s 80,000 residents to flee in 2016 and now comic-book fans are lobbying for a statue of another beast to be built a...
Dec 24, 2017
Brent Hawkes, pastor who officiated Canada's first legal gay marriages, retires
TORONTO - The well-known Toronto pastor who officiated Canada’s first legally recognized same-sex marriages is delivering his final sermon today. Rev. Brent Hawkes, who is also known for officia...
Dec 24, 2017