Category Archives: Canadian Press
Indigenous input needed in fight against climate change: Manitoba chief
WINNIPEG - A regional chief from Manitoba says indigenous voices are crucial to the fight against climate change. Kevin Hart of the Assembly of First Nations says climate change disproportionately aff...
Nov 17, 2016
IS attacks in Mosul as poor visibility slows Iraqi advance
MOSUL, Iraq - Cloudy skies neutralized air power in Mosul on Thursday, Iraqi forces said, hampering their advance in the northern city, although they still faced deadly attacks by Islamic State milita...
Nov 17, 2016
Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac's latest annual report
OTTAWA - Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac’s annual report for 2015-16 tabled Thursday: Financial transaction reports received: 23,727,393. Disclosures of actionable intellige...
Nov 17, 2016
MPs told local reporting required to overcome Canada's news blues
OTTAWA - The publisher of a small southern Manitoba family of weekly newspapers made an appeal for back-to-basics local reporting Thursday to a group of MPs examining Canada’s beleaguered news i...
Nov 17, 2016
Margaret Atwood compares UBC probe of Steven Galloway to Salem witch trials
VANCOUVER - Margaret Atwood says the University of British Columbia’s investigation of fellow author Steven Galloway was flawed and failed both sides, comparing it to the Salem witchcraft trials...
Nov 17, 2016
AP Source: Premier League sells Chinese TV rights for $700m
LONDON - The English Premier League has sold its television rights in China for $700 million in its biggest-ever overseas sale, a person familiar with the deal said on Thursday. Online video streaming...
Nov 17, 2016
Husky Energy says ground movement to blame for spill into N. Saskatchewan River
CALGARY - Husky Energy says shifting ground is to blame for a pipeline burst in July that leaked crude oil into the North Saskatchewan River and jeopardized the drinking water of thousands downstream....
Nov 17, 2016
Claimed off waivers from Calgary last season, Byron is thriving in Montreal
MONTREAL - Paul Byron is too busy scoring goals for the Montreal Canadiens to wonder what may have been had the Calgary Flames never put him on waivers. The speedy five-foot-eight, 160-pound winger, w...
Nov 17, 2016
Native women's group wants public inquiry on police assault claims in Quebec
VAL D’OR, Que. - The Quebec government must launch a public inquiry into allegations of police assault against aboriginal women in northern Quebec, a group of native women said Thursday. Despite...
Nov 17, 2016
Canadian soldier Maj. Scott Foote found dead in military gym in Jordan
OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier who was looking at ways to train the Jordanian military as part of Canada’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has died, the Department of Nationa...
Nov 17, 2016