Category Archives: Canadian Press

Dellacamera, Wagner Fox's lead team for Women's World Cup
LOS ANGELES - JP Dellacamera and former U.S. midfielder Aly Wagner will be Fox’s lead broadcast team for the Women’s World Cup. Making its announcement 100 days before the tournament opens...
Feb 27, 2019
Canadians 'stand together' against bullying on annual Pink Shirt Day
Today is Pink Shirt Day in many Canadian schools, communities and workplaces. Pink Shirt Day originated in 2007 after two Nova Scotia teenagers encouraged their fellow students to wear pink T-shirts i...
Feb 27, 2019
Ash loggers race against time before beetles get them all
WALTON, N.Y. - Loggers in snowy forests are cutting down ash like there’s no tomorrow, seeking to stay one step ahead of a fast-spreading beetle killing the tree in dozens of states. The emerald...
Feb 27, 2019
May says Brexit still on course as chances of delay rise
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May insisted Wednesday that Britain will leave the European Union on schedule next month, amid signs that her promise to give Parliament a vote on delaying Brexit was b...
Feb 27, 2019
Chicago will elect a black woman as its mayor for first time
CHICAGO - A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff to become Chicago’s first black female mayor after leading a large field Tuesday that included a ...
Feb 27, 2019
Nigerian leader appeals for unity as challenger rejects vote
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria’s president on Wednesday defended his sweeping win of a second term as free and fair and appealed to a “common love of country” as his top challenger vowed t...
Feb 27, 2019
Cohen says Trump knew in advance about WikiLeaks email dump
WASHINGTON - Shaking off criticism from House Republicans, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer declared under oath Wednesday that Trump knew ahead of time and embraced the news when ...
Feb 27, 2019
Trump, Kim share smiles, dinner before nuke talks
HANOI, Vietnam - U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un projected optimism Wednesday as they opened high-stakes talks about curbing Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear weapon...
Feb 27, 2019
Judge allows Abu Ghraib torture claims to go to trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - After 10 years of delay, a federal judge has ruled that three former inmates who say they were tortured at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison can go forward with their lawsuit against a ...
Feb 27, 2019
In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats
EL ALTO, Bolivia - A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world’s more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the tradition...
Feb 27, 2019