The Canadian Press HANNA, Alta.–RCMP say three children who died when a semi-trailer truck collided with an SUV northeast of Calgary on Wednesday all were from the United States. “The family is from Washington State,” said RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott. “The parents are both in hospital in Calgary and they’re […]
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The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–A woman in Winnipeg tightly embraced her 12-year-old son for the first time in three years early yesterday morning when the child was reunited with his family after his liberation from Iraqi militants. Cheers went up from a large crowd on hand when Emad Mishko Tamo arrived […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The Justice Department wants to know what Canadians think of changing some of the former Conservative government’s controversial tough-on-crime sentencing legacy–including mandatory minimum penalties–before the Liberals bring in their promised reforms. An online survey asks respondents to judge several scenarios involving mitigating circumstances surrounding a crime, […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–An Ontario court has thrown out a lawsuit against the provincial government over the controversial partial sale of Hydro One. The lawsuit filed last December by the Canadian Union of Public Employees alleged the sale of shares in the utility was “motivated by improper and ulterior purposes,” […]
The Associated Press NEW DELHI — The annual tradition of flying kites over the Indian capital on Independence Day takes a painful toll on birds that fall victim to their razor-sharp strings. Workers at the Charity Birds Hospital see it happen every year mostly to pigeons but also to crows, […]
By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to a collision between a Navy destroyer and a commercial container ship that killed seven sailors, Navy officials said, announcing that the warship captain will be relieved of command and more than a dozen […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forty years after blasting off, Earth’s most distant ambassadors the twin Voyager spacecraft are carrying sounds and music of our planet ever deeper into the cosmos. Think of them as messages in bottles meant for anyone or anything out there. […]
By Jonathan Lemire And Darlene Superville The Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials and lashed out at members of his own party in the latest controversy to engulf […]
The Associated Press BEIJING — Furious Chinese businesspeople said Friday that Beijing’s decision to enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korean seafood imports would hobble the economy of an entire northeastern city, sparking a rare public protest earlier this week after the surprise move suddenly choked off border trade. Anger swept […]
The Associated Press VIENNA — Austrians were making bacon thousands of years ago. And a researcher says they were probably the first in Europe to do it on an industrial scale. Hans Reschreiter of Vienna’s Museum of Natural History says DNA traces from more than 6,000 pig bones at what […]
The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C.–It’s last-chance time on the PGA Tour. The field at the Wyndham Championship once again is littered with players trying to earn their way into golf’s post-season or earn full exemption on the tour for 2018. When the tournament began today at the par-70 Sedgefield Country […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Andrew Harris wants to make his offensive linemen happy. The Blue Bombers’ running back is coming off his first 100-yard rushing game this season as the team prepares to host the injury-riddled 7-0 Edmonton Eskimos tonight. “The ‘O-line’ loves it when we’re grinding those yards out […]
