Category Archives: Canadian Press
Residents, businesses still struggling after precedent-setting B.C. fire season
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Little remains of the wreckage from Angie Thorne’s home after a wildfire tore through her reserve in central British Columbia earlier this year. The blackened concrete, twisted ...
Dec 23, 2017
Yukon stops putting warning labels on liquor labels at after industry concerns
WHITEHORSE - Concerns from national alcohol companies have prompted the Yukon Liquor Corp., to stop putting warning labels about the risk of cancer on all bottles and cans sold in the Whitehorse liquo...
Dec 23, 2017
A by the numbers look at B.C.'s record setting 2017 wildfire season
VANCOUVER - The 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia set records as the most destructive in the province’s recorded history. Here is a look at the season by the numbers: 12,164 square kilome...
Dec 23, 2017
Rocket lights sky as it carries satellites from California
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A reused SpaceX rocket carried 10 satellites into orbit from California on Friday, leaving behind a trail of mystery and wonder as it soared into space. The Falcon ...
Dec 23, 2017
Prosecutor: 'No doubt' gunman was targeting police officers
HARRISBURG, Pa. - There’s “no doubt” a gunman who fired at police in several locations in the state capital, wounding one of them before they shot and killed him, was targeting polic...
Dec 23, 2017
DC appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban
WASHINGTON - The White House has lost another attempt to put a hold on a requirement that it allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting on Jan. 1. A decision by the three-judge panel ...
Dec 23, 2017
US agrees to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, angering Russia
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, a long-awaited move that deepens America’s involvement in the military conflict and may further st...
Dec 23, 2017
New year to be a challenge for Republicans in Congress
WASHINGTON - Their tax bill triumph in the rear-view mirror, Republicans running Congress face a 2018 in which they’ll need Democratic votes to get almost anything done. And that won’t be ...
Dec 23, 2017
London Zoo fire: 1 aardvark dead, 4 meerkats presumed dead
LONDON - Firefighters and zookeepers rushed to help as a blaze broke out at the London Zoo on Saturday morning, but they were unable to save an aardvark named Misha and four meerkats. Officials said M...
Dec 23, 2017
Quebec ticket takes Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - It will certainly be a holiday season to remember for someone in Quebec. That’s where the winning ticket for the enormous $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was...
Dec 23, 2017