Category Archives: Canadian Press
New plastic Jane Austen 10-pound note launched in UK
LONDON - A new plastic 10-pound note featuring Jane Austen, one of Britain’s most renowned authors, has gone into circulation. Apart from the Queen, whose portrait is on all U.K. currency, Auste...
Sep 14, 2017

Norwegians find well-preserved Viking-era sword
COPENHAGEN - A Norwegian archaeologist says a well-preserved, if rusty, iron sword dating to the Viking era has been found in southern Norway. Lars Holger Piloe says the nearly one-meter-long (3-foot)...
Sep 14, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Sept. 14
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 14 --- JUSTICE MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FEDERAL POT PLAN Marijuana legalization will be at the top of the agenda when Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould me...
Sep 14, 2017

Economists see little payoff for cities that subsidize pro sports facilities
CALGARY - City subsidies for professional sports teams like the Calgary Flames can be justified in the name of civic planning, pride or politics, but suggestions that they result in net growth to the ...
Sep 14, 2017
Tired of waiting, Aboriginal Legal Services launches charter challenge
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is taking so long to unveil its promised sentencing reforms that a Toronto legal agency has decided it would be irresponsible to delay a charter challenge for a young w...
Sep 14, 2017

Japanese nuclear disaster didn't affect fish or human health: B.C. oceanographer
VANCOUVER - Radioactive contamination following a nuclear power-plant disaster in Japan never reached unsafe levels in the north Pacific Ocean for either marine life or human health, says a British Co...
Sep 14, 2017

Justice ministers push feds for answers on support for pot legalization
VANCOUVER - Canada’s justice ministers are asking for clarity and support as they scramble to organize and police an entirely new marijuana industry in fewer than 10 months. British Columbia Sol...
Sep 14, 2017
Badly injured Calgary police dog returns to active duty after stabbing
CALGARY - The Calgary Police Service has welcomed one of its four-legged members back to active duty after the dog recovered from numerous stab wounds to his head suffered during a break-and-enter inv...
Sep 14, 2017

Sean Spicer pressed (gently) as 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' guest
NEW YORK - It was a different Sean Spicer who paid a visit to ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wednesday night. This was a smiling, chill Spicer, in marked contrast to the six hot-tempered ...
Sep 13, 2017

Boat capsizes in Indian river, killing 19; about 31 missing
LUCKNOW, India - A boat crowded with construction workers capsized in the Yamuna River in northern India early Thursday and at least 19 people have drowned, officials said. A search is underway for mi...
Sep 13, 2017