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CP NewsAlert: U.S. Coast Guard says ‘debris field’ found near Titanic search area
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
The United States Coast Guard says a debris field has been discovered within the search area of the Titanic, after a submersible went missing with five people aboard on a visit to the famous wreck. The Titan submersible lost contact with surface vessels on Sunday morning as it was nearing the Titanic site in the ... Read More »
1 responseSubsea search for missing Titanic submersible expands with remotely operated vehicles
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
The search intensified Thursday for a small submersible lost in the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean as the oxygen supply for the five people trapped inside the vessel was believed to be in its final hours. Two more remotely operated vehicles dived into the water Thursday morning to join the search for the Titan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Subsea search for missing Titanic submersible expands
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
The search intensified Thursday for a small submersible lost in the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean as the oxygen supply for the five people trapped inside the vessel was believed to be in its final hours. Two more remotely operated vehicles dived into the water Thursday morning to join the search for the Titan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Subsea search for missing Titanic submersible expands as oxygen supplies deplete
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
The search intensified Thursday for a small submersible lost in the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean as oxygen supplies for the five people trapped inside the vessel was believed to be in its final hours. Two more remotely operated vehicles dived into the water Thursday morning to join the search for the Titan submersible, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remotely operated vehicles join subsea search for missing Titanic submersible
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
The United States Coast Guard says two more remotely operated vehicles have joined the search for a submersible that lost contact with surface vessels on Sunday as it was diving to reach the wreck of the Titanic with five people aboard. The First Coast Guard District in Boston confirmed this morning on Twitter that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Time running out for missing sub : A look at what’s In The News for today
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Crews frantically searching for missing sub as oxygen runs out The race against time to find a submersible that disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site entered a new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP expected to win B.C. byelections in safe ridings, but eyes on second place
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
VICTORIA – The NDP is expected to hold onto two British Columbia ridings where byelections will be held Saturday after the resignations of senior government figures, but the parties that take second place could provide hints about the next general election. The sprawling Victoria area constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and urban Vancouver-Mount Pleasant riding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Civil society team heading to Syria, but Ottawa won’t support repatriation efforts
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government has rebuffed an offer from a civil society delegation to travel to northeastern Syria on Ottawa’s behalf to repatriate detained Canadians. Instead, a scaled-down group, including Sen. Kim Pate, intends to head to the region in late August to gather information about Canadians held in squalid camps and prisons. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP to release names of Manitoba crash victims as city gathers in mourning
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
DAUPHIN, Man. – RCMP are set to release the names of the people who died in a fiery bus crash a week ago as a small western Manitoba community prepares to gather in mourning for the 16 lives lost. “Death happens but we never forget the ones who passed away. They will always be in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fears for LGBTQ mental health, as flood of online hate spills into real world
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
VANCOUVER – Fae Johnstone says “nothing ever could have prepared” her for the barrage of online harassment she endured after being featured in an International Women’s Day campaign for Hershey Canada. The 27-year-old transgender activist was one of five women featured on limited-edition chocolate bars in March. She said that within 72 hours of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs to break for the summer amid negotiations on inquiry into foreign interference
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – All parties in the House of Commons agreed to rise for the summer Wednesday despite there being no formal announcement of a public inquiry into foreign interference. Opposition parties had been demanding the government call the inquiry before the end of the spring session and it was being used as some leverage against ... Read More »
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