Category Archives: Canadian Press
Federal housing plan sparks fresh calls for Liberals to help homeless vets
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing calls to produce its long-awaited plan to help homeless veterans in Canada, after their plight received only a passing mention in the Liberals’ new nati...
Nov 24, 2017
A long wait ends: Trudeau apologizes to N.L. residential school students
GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Once frightened, lonely children who lost their culture and innocence rose in a standing ovation Friday as the prime minister at last said it for all Canadians: It was wrong, and we ...
Nov 24, 2017
Found after Burning Man festival: shoes, cameras, dentures
RENO, Nev. - Lindsay Weiss once lost her cellphone and got it back, so she and a friend knew what they had to do when they discovered a camera under a pew during a festival in the Nevada desert –...
Nov 24, 2017
Oscar Pistorius' sentence increased to 13 years, 5 months
SOMERSET WEST, South Africa - Oscar Pistorius’ prison sentence was more than doubled to 13 years and five months on Friday, a surprisingly dramatic intervention by South Africa’s Supreme C...
Nov 24, 2017
'We dare not squander the moment:' Zimbabwe's new leader
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabweans must set aside “poisoned” politics and work together to rebuild the nation and re-engage the world, new President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Friday, delivering ...
Nov 23, 2017
A whale's tale: Longest painting in North America restored
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A museum has restored the longest painting in North America so it can share the story of American whaling with the public. The quarter-mile-long (0.4-kilometre-long) panorama tour...
Nov 23, 2017
Pakistan releases US-wanted militant suspect on court order
LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities acting on a court order released a U.S.-wanted militant Friday who allegedly founded a banned group linked to the 2008 Mumbai, India attack that killed 168 peo...
Nov 23, 2017
Redskins beat Giants 20-10 in turkey of a Thanksgiving game
LANDOVER, Md. - In one particularly embarrassing fourth-quarter sequence that drew boos from the home crowd, Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins went from planning to punt on fourth-and-1 to call...
Nov 23, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games NFL Minnesota 30 Detroit 23 L.A. Chargers 28 Dallas 6 Washington 20 N.Y. Giants 10 — Friday’s Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Pittsburgh at Boston, 1 p.m. N.Y. Islande...
Nov 23, 2017
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games NFL Minnesota 30 Detroit 23 L.A. Chargers 28 Dallas 6 Washington 20 N.Y. Giants 10 — The Canadian Press
Nov 23, 2017