Category Archives: Canadian Press
NASA astronaut, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80
HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker’s jet...
Dec 22, 2017
Feds ground northern Saskatchewan crash airline citing operational deficiencies
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it has grounded the airline that operated the plane that crashed in northern Saskatchewan earlier this month. A West Wind Aviation ATR42-320 with 25 people on board went...
Dec 22, 2017
Yukon to apply 'ice Band-Aid' to cross river, reach stranded residents: minister
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - The Yukon government plans to apply an “ice Band-Aid” to the Yukon River outside Dawson City after the channel failed to freeze sufficiently for the second year in a r...
Dec 22, 2017
Bail hearing wraps for Jamie Bacon as B.C. Supreme Court judge reserves decision
VANCOUVER - A bail hearing ended Friday in the British Columbia Supreme Court for Jamie Bacon, who is accused of counselling the murder of an individual. Bacon’s lawyer, Kevin Drolet, said outsi...
Dec 22, 2017
With stroke of pen signing major bill, Trump caps a consequential first year
WASHINGTON - Love him, hate him, debate all you want about him. But with the stroke of a pen Friday, before he hopped onto a helicopter and left Washington for the holidays, Donald Trump cemented one ...
Dec 22, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Dec. 22 --- CANADA GAINS EXTRA BRONZE FROM THE 2014 OLYMPICS: Canada’s luge relay team is in line to get a bronze medal from the 2014 Olympics. It’...
Dec 22, 2017
Vancouver Whitecaps add former Toronto FC centre back Doneil Henry
VANCOUVER - Doneil Henry is heading back to Canada. The Vancouver Whitecaps announced Friday they have acquired the Canadian international and former Toronto FC centre back from West Ham United of the...
Dec 22, 2017
Town of Churchill says thank you to everyone who helped after rail line lost
CHURCHILL, Man. - The town of Churchill in northern Manitoba is saying thank you to everyone who has helped the community since it lost its rail service. Mayor Michael Spence and his council say in a ...
Dec 22, 2017
Court rules family of B.C. woman who stole from health authority is liable
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled a widower is liable for repaying nearly a quarter million dollars his wife stole from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority before she died. Court doc...
Dec 22, 2017
Huff Post backs Miss America story, will release more emails
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Latest on the reaction to leaked emails from officials at the Miss America Organization disparaging former title winners in crass and sometimes vulgar terms (all times local)...
Dec 22, 2017