Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pro-Russian Serb leader wins seat in Bosnia's presidency
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia - Pro-Russia Serb leader Milorad Dodik won a race to fill the Serb seat in Bosnia’s three-member presidency Sunday, deepening ethnic divisions in the country that faced a brut...
Oct 07, 2018
Brazil's far-right candidate falls short of election stunner
SAO PAULO - A far-right former army captain who expresses nostalgia for Brazil’s military dictatorship won the first round of its presidential election by a surprisingly large margin Sunday but ...
Oct 07, 2018
Melee at UFC 229 after Nurmagomedov chokes out McGregor
LAS VEGAS - A few seconds after Conor McGregor tapped Khabib Nurmagomedov’s arm and submitted to the champion’s choke, Nurmagomedov climbed the cage and leaped at the men in McGregor’...
Oct 07, 2018
Afghan officials say highway reopened after Taliban assault
KABUL - The Taliban destroyed highway bridges southwest of Kabul during a wide-ranging assault on security forces, cutting off road traffic between the capital and three provinces for most of the day ...
Oct 07, 2018
700 firefighters in Portugal battle wildfire west of Lisbon
SINTRA-CASCAIS, Portugal - Over 700 firefighters battled a wildfire Sunday in a national park west of Lisbon that forced Portuguese authorities to evacuate about 350 people. The fire that broke out ov...
Oct 07, 2018
Nepal says its tiger population has almost doubled from 2009
KATHMANDU, Nepal - The number of tigers roaming the jungles of Nepal has nearly doubled because of initiatives from the government, conservationists and local authorities who have worked for years to ...
Oct 07, 2018
Pompeo: 'Significant progress' made on NKorea denuke trip
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made “significant progress” toward an agreement for the North to giv...
Oct 07, 2018
Child in B.C. hospitalized after eating cannabis-infused gummy bears: RCMP
COURTENAY, B.C. - RCMP in British Columbia say a young child has been hospitalized after eating marijuana-infused gummy bear candies she found while in the back seat of a vehicle. Police say the girl&...
Oct 07, 2018
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games CFL B.C. 26 Toronto 23 — MLB Post-season AL Division Series Houston 3 Cleveland 1 (Astros lead best-of-five series 2-0) New York 6 Boston 2 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1) ...
Oct 07, 2018
One dead, two in life-threatening condition after Guelph, Ont., area crash
ROCKWOOD, Ont. - It’s been a deadly Thanksgiving weekend on the roads in southern Ontario. Provincial police say one person is dead and two others are being treated for life-threatening injuries...
Oct 07, 2018