Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Secret' Avro Arrow test model found in Lake Ontario for the first time
TORONTO - A somewhat beaten-up test model used in the development of Canada’s much vaunted but secretive Avro Arrow fighter jet has been found covered in zebra mussels upside down on the bottom ...
Sep 08, 2017
Snipers compete at N.B. base: 'The coolest thing in the world basically'
CFB GAGETOWN, N.B. - Some of the world’s best snipers are gathered at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, to compete against their peers in an elite profession that is the stuff of movies and myths. ...
Sep 08, 2017
Media diversity initiative among B.C. gender-equality projects to get cash
VANCOUVER - A project to increase diversity in Vancouver’s news media is among seven gender-equality initiatives in British Columbia that have received a total of $2.2 million in federal funding...
Sep 08, 2017
Genetic-based tests help doctors tailor treatment for kids with brain tumours
TORONTO - At eight years old, Julia Van Damme was like most other kids her age - going to school, playing sports and goofing around with her younger sister and older brother. But a routine eye exam tu...
Sep 08, 2017
Depth a key for Vancouver as Whitecaps begin busy stretch against Real Salt Lake
Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson was miserable the last time his team played Real Salt Lake - and not just because of the result. “My feet were freezing on the sidelines,” the ...
Sep 08, 2017
Texans' Watt recognized for Hurricane Harvey charity efforts
HOUSTON - J.J. Watt is being honoured by the NFL Players Association after raising more than $29 million for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Watt was named the NFLPA’s Community MVP on Friday f...
Sep 08, 2017
Nadal overwhelms del Potro; faces Anderson in US Open final
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal went into his U.S. Open semifinal against Juan Martin del Potro with a relatively simple game plan: Stay away from the big guy’s flat, fearsome forehand and instead go af...
Sep 08, 2017
Pot-related policing, border enforcement efforts to get $274M from Ottawa
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has earmarked just over $274 million to support policing and border efforts associated with the plan to legalize recreational marijuana use. The government said Friday ...
Sep 08, 2017
B.C. government promises to tackle affordability, changing fixed election date
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minority New Democrat government released an ambitious list of affordability-focused pledges in its throne speech Friday, and the possibility of delivering those pr...
Sep 08, 2017
Winnipeg woman convicted of hiding remains of babies files appeal
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba woman is appealing her conviction for hiding the remains of six babies she conceived over many years in a rented storage locker. Andrea Giesbrecht, 43, was sentenced in July to 8...
Sep 08, 2017