Category Archives: Canadian Press
In the news today, April 1
Six stories in the news for Monday, April 1 --- FEDERAL CARBON TAX STARTS TODAY IN FOUR PROVINCES Starting today people in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick will pay a little more for ...
Apr 1, 2019
'It still knocks you down:' First responders reflect on Humboldt Broncos crash
When Brian Starkell drives a particular stretch of highway in Saskatchewan, his stomach drops as he approaches the intersection that changed so many lives. The Nipawin fire chief says he still has fla...
Apr 1, 2019
'Down on my knees:' Grief and sadness an obstacle for many after Broncos crash
Kevin Matechuk of Colonsay, Sask., wasn’t prepared for the emotions that hit him when he visited the site of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. His son, Layne, who is 19 now, had been in a coma and...
Apr 1, 2019
China to regulate all fentanyl drugs as controlled substance
BEIJING - China said Monday it would begin regulating all fentanyl-related drugs as a class of controlled substances, in a change U.S. officials had long advocated as a way to stem the flow of lethal ...
Apr 1, 2019
Afghan officials: Taliban attacks on checkpoints kill 8
KABUL - The Taliban stormed checkpoints in northern and western Afghanistan, killing at least eight members of the country’s security forces and in one attack, setting off an hours-long gunbattl...
Apr 1, 2019
New Zealand initiates bill to ban guns used in mosque attack
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand’s government on Monday introduced a bill it plans to rush into law that would ban the types of weapons a gunman used to kill 50 people at two mosques. Polic...
Apr 1, 2019
Taiwan protests China jets crossing centre of Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan said Monday its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the centre line in the Taiwan Strait, and called China’s move a provocation that seeks to alter t...
Apr 1, 2019
Rescuers struggle to reach storm-hit area in Nepal; 28 dead
BHARWALIA, Nepal - Villagers who survived a powerful rainstorm that killed at least 28 people and injured hundreds in southern Nepal searched for food and shelter Monday as rescuers struggled to reach...
Apr 1, 2019
Chronology of key events in the killing of Kim Jong Nam
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Two Southeast Asian women were the only suspects charged with murder after an outcast from North Korea’s ruling family was poisoned with VX nerve agent at a Kuala Lumpur, M...
Apr 1, 2019
Ukraine's president trying to hold off rival for runoff spot
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine’s president was holding off a long-time rival in a bid to claim the other spot in a runoff set for later this month, while a comic actor with no political experience was ...
Apr 1, 2019