Category Archives: Canadian Press
B.C. Indigenous group anticipating RCMP action at anti-LNG pipeline camp
Supporters of an Indigenous camp blocking access to a planned pipeline in northern British Columbia say they are anticipating RCMP action over an injunction filed against them. Jennifer Wickham, a mem...
Jan 06, 2019
Fan-turned-coach helps FA Cup 3rd round deliver 3 big upsets
Until 11 days ago, Pete Wild had been planning to cheer on Oldham as a fan with his pals in its FA Cup third-round match at Premier League club Fulham. Wild was indeed at Craven Cottage on Sunday but ...
Jan 06, 2019
German IT security chief faces grilling over hacking case
BERLIN - Germany’s top IT security official faces a grilling Monday over his agency’s handling of an alleged hacking case that saw hundreds of politicians’ and celebrities’ pri...
Jan 06, 2019
Tugboat en route to tow burning container ship to Halifax: U.S. Coast Guard
HALIFAX - An offshore tug and supply vessel is en route to a large Halifax-bound container ship burning 1,500 kilometres off the city’s coast with plans to tow the vessel to its final destinatio...
Jan 06, 2019
Cash-handling machines being upgraded to handle new $10 Viola Desmond bills
TORONTO - Hundreds of thousands of cash-handling machines across the country have had to be upgraded to handle Canada’s distinctive new $10 bill, featuring a vertical portrait of Nova Scotia civ...
Jan 06, 2019
Saskatchewan '60s Scoop survivors hope government apology brings change
REGINA - Survivors of the ’60s Scoop in Saskatchewan are hoping an apology from the provincial government comes with action to reduce the number of children in care. Premier Scott Moe is to apol...
Jan 06, 2019
Bought for a buck, now priceless: Indigenous Alberta media archive digitized
EDMONTON - He bought them for a dollar. Now, “boxes and boxes and boxes” of old audiotape and film that Bert Crowfoot has safeguarded for decades are turning out to be a priceless trove of...
Jan 06, 2019
Afghan officials: Flash flood kills at least 30 villagers
KABUL - At least 30 Afghan villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perished on Sunday in a flash flood in northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial officials said. Along with those killed, dozen...
Jan 06, 2019
Malaysia's king abdicates in unexpected and rare move
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday in an unexpected move, after just two years on the throne. The palace said in a statement that the 49-year-old ruler had r...
Jan 06, 2019
Egyptian policeman killed while defusing bomb outside church
CAIRO - Egypt’s Interior Ministry said a policeman was killed as he was trying to defuse an explosive device near a church in a residential Cairo district. The ministry said the blast late on Sa...
Jan 06, 2019