Category Archives: Canadian Press
Two-pronged trouble sends big jetliner on unplanned trip to Alberta
CALGARY - An American Airlines passenger jet en route from Texas to Beijing had to be detoured to Alberta following a medical emergency and a mechanical problem. The airline says the Boeing 787-8 Drea...
Oct 12, 2018
Nova Scotia won't pay to exhibit works of famed photographer Annie Leibovitz
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it won’t ante up to help the provincial art gallery exhibit an iconic collection of Annie Leibovitz photographs, even as the gallery continues negotiati...
Oct 12, 2018
Freeland announces new Canadian consul general posts for Detroit, Los Angeles
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has filled two new senior diplomatic posts to lead the Canadian consulates in Detroit and Los Angeles. Former New Democrat MP Joe Comartin is the ne...
Oct 12, 2018
UN secretary general visits quake-hit Indonesian city
JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday visited an Indonesian city shattered by an earthquake and tsunami to personally assess the impact of the disasters. Guterres is a...
Oct 12, 2018
Harrowing tales of survival from town ravaged by storm
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. - Residents of Mexico Beach that stayed during the storm are emerging from the debris with harrowing tales. Others, who evacuated, are coming to grips with the fact that much of the...
Oct 12, 2018
Georgia girl, 11, dies as Michael hurls debris through roof
ATLANTA - By all accounts, Sarah Radney was safe inside her grandparents’ home when Hurricane Michael roared into southwest Georgia. If the family feared anything, it was probably falling trees ...
Oct 12, 2018
Prospect of Trump-Xi talks raises hope for thaw in trade war
BEIJING - With China and the United States opening the door to a meeting next month between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, hopes are rising for a potential easing of tensions in the trade war...
Oct 12, 2018
IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate
BEIRUT - After being nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate, the Islamic State group has reverted to what it was before its spectacular conquests in 2014, analysts say - a shado...
Oct 12, 2018
7 dead, 9 missing in collapse of northern Mexico mall
MONTERREY, Mexico - A shopping mall under construction in the Mexican city of Monterrey collapsed Thursday, killing at least seven people and leaving another nine missing, officials said. Local counci...
Oct 12, 2018
Chicago Police Board clears officer in fatal 2012 shooting
CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Board has ignored oversight officials’ recommendation and cleared an officer of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy during a 2012 foot chase. Last ...
Oct 12, 2018