Category Archives: Canadian Press

Former Canadian ski racer Jan Hudec not ready to give up on Olympic dream
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - On the right shoulder of Jan Hudec’s racing suit, a Maple Leaf intersects with a lion. Meshing symbols of Canada and the Czech Republic over yet another body part that has b...
Nov 26, 2017

'Somebody could actually die': Cybercrime's grave threat to automated resource firms
CALGARY - Data theft from high-profile hacks against companies like Uber and Equifax can cost consumers thousands of dollars but resource companies worry about millions in damage, along with potential...
Nov 26, 2017

'I have trouble with that:' Manitoba's child-welfare changes worry First Nations
WINNIPEG - Some Manitoba First Nations say they are worried some of the reforms planned for the province’s troubled child-welfare system could worsen the problem of having Aboriginal children ra...
Nov 26, 2017

A cybersecurity checklist for industrial, mining or oil and gas systems
CALGARY - Mining and oil and gas companies not only face threats from cybercriminals hoping to gain financially but may also be targeted by “hacktivists” who want to make a political or en...
Nov 26, 2017

Argos' Matt Black caps roller-coaster season with Grey Cup appearance
OTTAWA - For a horrible six days in August, Matt Black peered into the future and saw fog. After playing all eight of his CFL seasons with the Toronto Argonauts, the 32-year-old defensive back had bee...
Nov 26, 2017
FBI gave heads-up to fraction of Russian hackers' US targets
WASHINGTON - The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their personal Gmail accounts despite having evidence for at least a year that the targets...
Nov 26, 2017

Egypt's options dwindling in its fight against militants
CAIRO - The scale of the bloodshed was vastly higher than past militant attacks but the Egyptian government response the same: three days of mourning, reassuring messages in the media that things are ...
Nov 26, 2017
Egypt reeling from attack on mosque in Sinai that killed 305
CAIRO - Egypt was reeling Sunday from the horrific militant attack on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people two days earlier - the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in its modern his...
Nov 26, 2017
Irish heap pressure on Britain on post-Brexit border
LONDON - Ireland’s European Commissioner is advising British Prime Minister Theresa May to substantially alter Brexit plans to move stalled talks forward. Phil Hogan says the problem of the post...
Nov 26, 2017
Saudi crown prince leads Islamic military alliance meeting
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s assertive crown prince on Sunday opened the first high-level meeting of a kingdom-led alliance of Muslim nations against terrorism, vowing that extre...
Nov 26, 2017