Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police search for motive in killing of airport worker
Oklahoma City police investigators worked to piece together why a man waited to gun down an airline employee outside Will Rogers World Airport on Tuesday in an ambush that forced hundreds of traveller...
Nov 15, 2016
Fast-food fan Trump could remake healthy school lunches
WASHINGTON - Will President-elect Donald Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favourites of burgers and fried chicken? Children grumbling about healthier school meal rules championed by firs...
Nov 15, 2016
US finalizes rule to limit gas 'flaring' at drilling sites
WASHINGTON - With two months left in President Barack Obama’s term, his administration issued a rule Tuesday intended to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands. Th...
Nov 15, 2016
Parents of student who died of alcohol poisoning sue Halifax university
HALIFAX - The parents of a young Chinese woman who died of alcohol poisoning after a night of drinking inside a Dalhousie University residence are suing the school for alleged negligence. In a stateme...
Nov 15, 2016
Egypt condemns Israeli bill that could approve settlements
JERUSALEM - Egypt has condemned an Israeli bill that, if adopted, would legalize settlements built without government permission in the West Bank - territory Palestinians claim as part of their future...
Nov 15, 2016
Preds' Rinne sidelined by lower-body injury; won't play vs. Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne will miss Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower body injury. Predators head coach Peter Laviolette announced that Rinne...
Nov 15, 2016
Remote northern Manitoba reserve in crisis, needs PM to intervene: chief
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba grand chief is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help a remote First Nation left in crisis after a fire destroyed the community’s only grocery store and band office. ...
Nov 15, 2016
Diamond earrings star at Christie's jewels auction in Geneva
GENEVA - Christie’s is kicking off the Geneva fall season of big-ticket jewelry auctions, headlining a pair of pear-shaped diamond earrings that are estimated to fetch 20 million to 30 million S...
Nov 15, 2016
Man who brutally beat wife, her daughter to death sentenced to life in prison
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man who used a claw hammer and bat to bludgeon his common-law wife and her daughter to death in 2013 was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday without chance of parole for 18 yea...
Nov 15, 2016
Liberal government, military defend letting Canadians shoot first in Iraq
OTTAWA - The Liberal government faced fresh accusations of misleading the public on Tuesday after the country’s top soldier said Canadian troops have been allowed to fire first in Iraq. Governme...
Nov 15, 2016