Category Archives: Canadian Press
Indian police investigate suspected people smuggling to NZ
NEW DELHI - Police in southern India are investigating a suspected attempt to illegally transport scores of Indians on an overcrowded boat to New Zealand. The additional superintendent of police in Ke...
Jan 21, 2019
World champion Osmond says it's "really nice" not to know what future holds
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Kaetlyn Osmond has a world title, Olympic medals of every colour, and she accomplished it all after rebounding from a gruesome broken leg that almost made her quit figure skating. W...
Jan 21, 2019
Spanish rescuers battle tough conditions to reach toddler
MADRID - Spanish officials say rescuers are making slow progress in exceptionally difficult conditions to reach a 2-year-old boy who fell into a narrow, deep borehole in the countryside eight days ago...
Jan 21, 2019
Trump's shutdown solution hangs in limbo
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s proposal to break through the budget deadlock appeared to be gaining little traction Monday, as another missed paycheque loomed for hundreds of thousands of...
Jan 21, 2019
Bon Jovi's restaurant gives free meal to furloughed workers
RED BANK, N.J. - A restaurant owned by musician and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi is providing free meals to local government workers and their families during the federal government shutdown. JBJ So...
Jan 21, 2019
Frigid air, high winds sweep the Northeast; at least 7 dead
CONCORD, N.H. - Falling temperatures replaced the weekend’s falling snow Monday as bitter cold and gusty winds swept across the eastern United States. The National Weather Service had forecast t...
Jan 21, 2019
Former CIA officer portrayed in 'Argo' film dead at 78
FREDERICK, Md. - A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film “Argo,” has died. He was 78. ...
Jan 21, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 21
Three stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 21 --- KEEP CAMPAIGN POSITIVE, PM TELLS MPs Justin Trudeau sharpened his core re-election message on Sunday, telling his MPs to present a positive message to...
Jan 21, 2019
Ailing inmate sues federal government over 'sardine-can-style' van trip
OTTAWA - A federal inmate who says he was shackled in a cramped transport van for almost eight hours - despite a heart condition and other ailments - is suing the government for compensation. The laws...
Jan 21, 2019
Israel increasingly goes public with its strikes in Syria
JERUSALEM - Israel on Monday claimed responsibility for a series of airstrikes on Iranian military targets in Syria, drifting further away from its longstanding policy of playing down or covering up i...
Jan 21, 2019