Category Archives: Canadian Press

'Squiggles in the sediment:' Complex life may have evolved earlier than thought
EDMONTON - A closer look at some unimaginably ancient fossils suggests complex life may have evolved much earlier and more quickly than scientists previously thought. “If these are complex life ...
Feb 13, 2019

Former SNC-Lavalin executive wants fraud and bribery case thrown out over delays
MONTREAL - A former vice-president of SNC-Lavalin facing charges of fraud and bribery in connection with the company’s dealings in Libya is trying to get his case thrown out due to what his lawy...
Feb 13, 2019

Family of missing B.C. cowboy makes emotional appeal for information
MERRITT, B.C. - The family of a ranch manager who went missing near Merritt, B.C., is asking for information nearly three weeks after the 32-year-old was last seen. Ben Tyner has been the manager of t...
Feb 13, 2019
Lawyer says rapper 21 Savage freed from immigration custody
OCILLA, Ga. - A lawyer for 21 Savage says the Grammy-nominated rapper has been released from an immigration detention centre in south Georgia. Immigration lawyer Tia Smith said in an email that the ra...
Feb 13, 2019
Cosby vows no remorse, even if he sits in prison 10 years
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby says he “will never have remorse” for the sexual encounter that sent him to prison because he considers his conviction the work of “a low-life district atto...
Feb 13, 2019
Bus plunges into ravine in North Macedonia, killing 14
A bus carrying workers in North Macedonia crashed into a ravine outside the capital of Skopje Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring about 30, officials said. Venko Filipce, the newly renamed Europ...
Feb 13, 2019
Road to Olympics for Canada's baseball team goes through Seoul
MEXICO CITY - Canada’s road to the Tokyo 2020 baseball tournament will go through former Olympic host Seoul. The World Baseball Softball Confederation announced Wednesday the locations and group...
Feb 13, 2019
St. Francis Xavier University plans to appeal men's hockey coach's suspension
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - St. Francis Xavier University says it will appeal a 10-game suspension handed to X-Men men’s hockey coach Brad Peddle in the aftermath of an ugly brawl against the Acadia Axem...
Feb 13, 2019

Space agency picks second ex-astronaut to push health-research plans
OTTAWA - The Canadian Space Agency says it wants to hire ex-astronaut Dave Williams to help figure out how to get humans to Mars and back in one piece. But if you’re also a medical doctor who...
Feb 13, 2019

Senators hope road trip will provide reprieve from trade talk as deadline looms
OTTAWA - There’s a good chance the Ottawa Senators’ roster will look significantly different by the time they return home from their four-game road trip. Any or all of impact players Mark ...
Feb 13, 2019