Category Archives: Canadian Press
Interpol president reported missing during trip to China
PARIS - He left his home in Lyon, France, for a visit to his homeland, and then vanished - putting the International Criminal Police Organization, best known as Interpol, at the centre of its own miss...
Oct 05, 2018
Toronto FC ticket prices on the rise although damage varies depending on spot
TORONTO - On pace for its worst league showing in four years, Toronto FC is raising ticket prices for next season. Not everyone will get dinged but team president Bill Manning says the increase for se...
Oct 05, 2018
Toddler shreds more than $1,000 in cash
HOLLADAY, Utah - A toddler in Utah was a little too helpful when he shredded more than $1,000 that his parents were saving. Ben and Jackee Belnap were saving the cash to reimburse Ben’s parents ...
Oct 05, 2018
Nobel Peace laureates demand end to sexual violence in war
OSLO - Raped after being forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State group, Nadia Murad did not succumb to shame or despair - the young Iraqi woman spoke out. Surgeon Denis Mukwege treated countle...
Oct 05, 2018
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says cancer is in remission
MONCTON, N.B. - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who was hit with a cancer diagnosis late last year, says he has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for his leukemia. ...
Oct 05, 2018
South Korean ex-leader Lee gets 15-year term for corruption
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday in a corruption case that has badly tainted his status as the country&#...
Oct 05, 2018
The Latest: Nobel winner stands up for persecuted minorities
OSLO - The Latest on the awarding of the Nobel Prizes (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Nobel Peace prize co-winner Nadia Murad of Iraq says she will share her award “with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds, oth...
Oct 05, 2018
NewsAlert: Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad win Nobel Peace Prize
STOCKHOLM - The widely anticipated Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded this year to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who specializes in the treatment of women who have...
Oct 05, 2018
Jailed film director stops hunger strike after 144 days
MOSCOW - A Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia for plotting acts of terrorism said Friday that he has brought an end to his 144-day hunger strike as he was facing the prospect of being force-fed....
Oct 05, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 5
Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 5 ___ TRUDEAU VISITS WINDSOR, ONT., TO TOUT NEW BRIDGE Fresh off his government’s completion of a trade deal to replace NAFTA, Prime Minister Justin Tru...
Oct 05, 2018