Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada wins mixed doubles title in third leg of curling World Cup
JONKOPING, Sweden - Young Canadian duo Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott defeated Norway’s Kristin Skaslien and Thomas Ulsrud 7-5 to claim the mixed doubles title on Sunday in the third leg of t...
Feb 03, 2019

'Agonizing decision:' Documents recount last summer's Banff bison escape
The bison bull was a long way from where he should have been - on provincial grazing lands in west-central Alberta instead of the rugged backcountry of Banff National Park. “We are considering d...
Feb 03, 2019

New Manitoba court for people with FASD could be game changer: experts
WINNIPEG - Lawyers and judges say a new court set to open in Manitoba specifically for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder could be a game changer. “If you have somebody who can’t ...
Feb 03, 2019
Frigid Winnipeg: Does 1 of the planet's coldest big cities need warming centre?
WINNIPEG - In a city where winter can be almost guaranteed to bring temperatures below -30 C, saving homeless people and other vulnerable persons from severe frostbite or even death is a complex proje...
Feb 03, 2019
Nissan cancels plans to make X-Trail SUV in the UK
LONDON - Nissan announced Sunday it has cancelled plans to make its X-Trail SUV in the UK - a sharp blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May, who fought to have the model built in northern England a...
Feb 03, 2019
Refugees hoping to become citizens face high bar to achieve language benchmarks
SURREY, B.C. - Fatum Ibrahim is pointing to her nose and smiling ear-to-ear. “Nose,” she proudly pronounces, eager to demonstrate her expanding English vocabulary. Three years ago, a day s...
Feb 03, 2019

Film featuring disabled actors wins Spain's top Goya award
MADRID - The film “Campeones” (“Champions”), a comedy about a basketball team featuring actors with mental disabilities, won best picture at the Spanish Film Academy’s Go...
Feb 03, 2019
Blackface photo stirs calls for Virginia governor to resign
RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Ralph Northam clung to office Sunday amid nearly unanimous calls from his own party to resign over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, going silent after a bizarre...
Feb 03, 2019
Trump names former doctor as assistant and medical adviser
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump has appointed his former doctor to be his assistant and chief medical adviser. Saturday’s announcement by the White House follows Trump’s dec...
Feb 03, 2019
Train derails in eastern India, killing 7 people
PATNA, India - Seven people were killed and 29 injured when nine coaches of a New Delhi-bound train derailed early Sunday in eastern India, officials said. Most of the passengers were asleep when the ...
Feb 03, 2019