Category Archives: Canadian Press
Couple get up-close view of moose that stares through window
MERRIMACK, N.H. - A New Hampshire couple have gotten an up-close view of a moose that wandered into their yard, right up to their window. The couple caught the moose’s surprise visit on video an...
May 09, 2018
Feds to boost G7 security by flying in 3,000 officers, German shepherds
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to spend more than $2.2 million to fly roughly 3,000 police officers and dozens of German shepherds from all over the country to Quebec City to help secure t...
May 09, 2018
First Nation leader pitches sustainability to pipeline investors
HOUSTON - Kinder Morgan’s shareholders have asked the company for more disclosure on its sustainability after a presentation Wednesday by a First Nations chief from British C...
May 09, 2018
WestJet faces criticism for asking passengers to film flight attendants at work
MONTREAL - WestJet Airlines Inc. is facing criticism after asking some of its frequent flyers to videotape the service provided by its flight attendants and those of its chief competitor. The Cal...
May 09, 2018
'Ode to Joy': 104-year-old sings cheerily on eve of suicide
BASEL, Switzerland - A 104-year-old Australian man who plans to end his life in Switzerland on Thursday cheerily sang a few bars of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as he told reporters that medically...
May 09, 2018
Local leader threatens R. Kelly protest in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Critics who accuse singer R. Kelly of sexual misconduct are threatening to stage a protest at his upcoming show in North Carolina if it isn’t cancelled. The threatened protest ...
May 09, 2018
Can you spare a dime? Truck full of coins crashes in Nevada
LAS VEGAS - Brother can you spare a dime? How about 8 million of them? A semi-trailer truck hauling $800,000 worth of dimes crashed Tuesday into a guard rail on an interstate near Las Vegas, spilling ...
May 09, 2018
Buono not feeling nostalgic heading into final CFL season with Lions
Wally Buono wants to go out a winner. The 2018 CFL season will be the last for the B.C. Lions veteran head coach. And Buono is willing to adopt the late Don Matthews’ high-risk, high-reward mant...
May 09, 2018
'We kind of adopted her': Toronto royal fans embrace Meghan Markle
TORONTO - A ticket for a minor traffic infraction and a sudden preponderance of black SUVs were Tiffany Babiak’s early clues that something was different about her normally quiet downtown neighb...
May 09, 2018
Alberta changes abortion clinic bill, conservatives still no-shows on votes
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government made more changes to its abortion clinic bill Wednesday while the Opposition United Conservatives continued to register their dis...
May 09, 2018