Category Archives: Canadian Press
Opossum breaks into liquor store and gets drunk as a skunk
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue centre and was released unharmed. Emerald Coast Wildlife R...
Dec 2, 2017
'Where's Waldo?' among list of banned books in Texas prisons
DALLAS - The children’s book “Where’s Waldo? Santa Spectacular” is among the 10,000 books banned from Texas prisons, but Adolf Hitler’s autobiography “Mein Kampf...
Dec 2, 2017
Selfie-service: Man cooks Waffle House meal as worker sleeps
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. - When a man found the only worker at an empty South Carolina Waffle House asleep, he took his meal into his own hands. On Facebook , Alex Bowen chronicled with selfies how he made...
Dec 2, 2017
Longtime Michigan Rep. Sander Levin won't run in 2018
LANSING, Mich. - Democratic Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election to a 19th term in 2018. Levin, whose Democratic-leaning district is in suburban Detroit, ...
Dec 2, 2017
Hong Kong-based company to spend $350M to expand capacity in Ontario, premier says
HONG KONG - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says Johnson Electric will invest more than $350 million in new equipment and capacity in Ontario, which she says is expected to create 326 new jobs. Wynne, ...
Dec 2, 2017
Broken or too-small birth control pills reported to Health Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada is advising consumers that it’s received reports that some packages of the Alesse birth control pill that contain broken tablets or pills that are smaller than normal, pot...
Dec 2, 2017
Final death toll in Somalia's worst attack is 512 people
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The final death toll in October’s massive truck bombing in Somalia’s capital is 512 people, according to the committee tasked with looking into the country’s wor...
Dec 2, 2017
Feds to spend millions to reverse low take up rates for low-income benefits
OTTAWA - The Liberals are looking beyond the bureaucracy to figure out how to spend more than $1 billion in uncollected benefits meant to help low-income families save for their children’s post-...
Dec 2, 2017
German Christmas market 'unlikely' the target in bomb scare
BERLIN - German police said Saturday it appeared doubtful that a suspicious package containing nails that led to a bomb scare in a city near Berlin was targeted at a Christmas market. The package was ...
Dec 2, 2017
Islamic State attack kills at least 2 in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL - At least two security forces were killed and 10 others, including both soldiers and civilians, were wounded in an attack by Islamic State group militants in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahul...
Dec 2, 2017