Category Archives: Canadian Press
CBSA officer at Peace Bridge charged in cross-border tobacco smuggling probe
HAMILTON - The RCMP says a Canada Border Services Agency officer has been charged in a smuggling investigation. The Mounties say the arrest came as part of a joint forces investigation that focused on...
Dec 09, 2016
Snow in normally southern B.C., but usual rain expected to join in
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s south coast is known for its temperate weather and mild winters, but that norm was replaced with lower temperatures Friday as snow blanketed the region for the sec...
Dec 09, 2016
Board dismisses president of Cape Breton University after severance agreement
SYDNEY, N.S. - An apparent falling out between the president of Cape Breton University and the school’s board of governors has resulted in the board dismissing David Wheeler from a position he&#...
Dec 09, 2016
Prince Andrew to press: End false stories about daughters
LONDON - Britain’s Prince Andrew wants the media to leave his daughters alone. The prince issued a strongly worded personal statement on Friday calling for an end to “speculation and innue...
Dec 09, 2016
Obama creates 'resilience area' to protect Bering ecosystem
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - President Barack Obama responded to appeals from Alaska Native villages and gave them more of a say in the federal management of marine resources of the Bering Sea. Obama signed an...
Dec 09, 2016
Police: Aunt trying to scare kids fatally hit niece with van
BROWNSTOWN, Pa. - The aunt of a 2-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died after being pinned against a barn by a minivan says she was trying to scare the kids by speeding toward them honking her horn, but...
Dec 09, 2016
Board of governors meeting ends with no clear next step for NHL and 2018 Olympics
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Wayne Gretzky remembered, with incredible precision, what it was like to fly back to North America from the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. Part of the Team Canada squad that missed out on...
Dec 09, 2016
'Hard to imagine:' Penguin drowning deaths at Calgary Zoo baffling everyone
CALGARY - Watchdog group Zoocheck Canada is calling for surveillance cameras in all animal enclosures following the puzzling drowning deaths of several penguins at the Calgary Zoo. Zoo officials have ...
Dec 09, 2016
Dead mouse found in cup of Tim Hortons coffee, says Nova Scotia man
STEWIACKE, N.S. - A man who says he pulled a dead mouse from a cup of Tim Hortons coffee is asking for an apology from the restaurant chain. Jim Elliott says he bought two take-out coffees two weeks a...
Dec 09, 2016
Michigan lets autonomous cars on roads without human driver
DETROIT - Companies can now test self-driving cars on Michigan public roads without a driver or steering wheel under new laws that could push the state to the forefront of autonomous vehicle developme...
Dec 09, 2016