Category Archives: Canadian Press
Florida man charged with phoning bomb threat to mosque
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida man is facing federal charges that he phoned bomb threat messages into a mosque. Miami federal prosecutors said in a news release Wednesday that 26-year-old Dustin Al...
May 16, 2018
Manitoba's proposed ban on spotlight hunting at night upsets Indigenous groups
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has introduced legislation to ban hunting with spotlights at night but some Indigenous groups say that infringes on their constitutional rights. The proposed legisla...
May 16, 2018
Ancient fish species discovered in Nova Scotia, opens door for future research
A species of fish that lived 350 million years ago has been discovered in Nova Scotia, casting new light on a little-understood time period. The discovery was made in 2015 by Jason Anderson, a vertebr...
May 16, 2018
Tragedy hits and Spike Lee rewrites 'BlacKkKlansman'
CANNES, France - Spike Lee is holding court on the sunbaked rooftop terrace of the Cannes Film Festival hub, the Palais des Festivals, doing his best Peter O’Toole impression. A passionate cinep...
May 16, 2018
3D-printed 'sex dolls' help Carleton biologist study turtle mating habits
OTTAWA - Using 3D-printed “sex dolls” a Carleton University researcher has answered a question biologists had been asking for years - what do northern map turtles find attractive in a...
May 16, 2018
British Columbia is just defending its interests on pipeline: Horgan
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - B.C. Premier John Horgan accused the federal government of unnecessarily putting taxpayers money at risk on Wednesday by offering financial protection for Kinder Morgan’s inve...
May 16, 2018
Independent candidate, ex-1st lady Zavala leaves Mexico race
MEXICO CITY - Mexican independent candidate and former first lady Margarita Zavala announced Wednesday she is dropping out of the country’s July 1 presidential race. Zavala had broken her longti...
May 16, 2018
Gymnastics coach arrested in Edmonton for alleged sex crimes in Montreal
MONTREAL - An Alberta-based gymnastics coach is facing sexual assault charges in Montreal dating back to the 1980s and early ’90s, Quebec provincial police said Wednesday. Michel Arsenault ...
May 16, 2018
Saskatchewan seeks climate change funds, despite carbon tax objections
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has applied for millions of dollars in federal funding to help fight climate change, even though the province admits it’s ineligible because i...
May 16, 2018
B.C. to match funds for Red Cross flood donations as water levels rise
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - As more evacuation alerts are issued and river levels rise in British Columbia, Premier John Horgan announced Wednesday his government will match Canadian Red Cross donations for th...
May 16, 2018