Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man pulled from collapsed house in Hamilton, taken to hospital: officials
HAMILTON - Emergency crews rescued a man from the wreckage of a house that exploded in Hamilton on Tuesday, rushing him to hospital after the blast that scattered debris around the residential neighbo...
Oct 24, 2017
No charges after investigation of city council in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - No charges have resulted from an investigation of allegations involving the city council in Nanaimo, B.C. British Columbia’s Prosecution Service says in a statement that special ...
Oct 24, 2017
Quebec Liberals decide crucifix at national assembly will stay put
QUEBEC - A crucifix that is prominently displayed in the room where members of the Quebec national assembly hold their regular sittings is staying put. The Liberal government has reaffirmed its unshak...
Oct 24, 2017
Calgary Stampede buys Clem Gardner's cowboy hat off eBay for archives
CALGARY - A legendary cowboy’s hat from the 1920s has made its way back to Alberta and the archives of the Calgary Stampede. Cassandra Cummings, the Stampede’s historical specialist, says ...
Oct 24, 2017
Papers believed to be lost in Holocaust go on display in US
NEW YORK - The American public is getting a chance to view newly discovered Jewish documents that had been presumed destroyed during the Holocaust. Ten documents brought over from Lithuania went on di...
Oct 24, 2017
University president's hot sauces benefit scholarship fund
GLASSBORO, N.J. - The president of a New Jersey university is using his culinary skills and his hot sauces to help raise money for student scholarships. Rowan University president Ali Houshmand has be...
Oct 24, 2017
Self-represented defendants increasingly common, but bring challenges:experts
Legal experts say the spectacle of an accused murderer grilling the father of his alleged victim on the witness stand is an unusual manifestation of an increasingly common occurrence in the Canadian j...
Oct 24, 2017
It's Trump's party now: Another GOPer quits, laments Trumpist takeover
WASHINGTON - A first-term conservative lawmaker announced his abrupt retirement from the U.S. Senate in a dramatic speech Tuesday, in which he bemoaned what he called the reckless, abnormal, undignifi...
Oct 24, 2017
Liberal government spending plans extend well beyond helping middle class
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s fall economic update talking points focused on what they want to spend money on: increasing benefits for the middle and working class, and making the tax system...
Oct 24, 2017
Highlights from the federal government's fall economic update, tabled Tuesday
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals gave an update Tuesday on the government’s finances, and with it, how they plan to spend a windfall generated by better than expected economic growth. Here are some...
Oct 24, 2017