Category Archives: Canadian Press

Videos: Iran protesters confront police at parliament
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Protesters angered by Iran’s cratering economy confronted police in front of parliament on Monday, with security forces firing tear gas at them, according to online...
Jun 25, 2018

WHAT'S HAPPENING: Weary GOP tries to push immigration reform
The House is expected to vote on immigration legislation later this week but President Donald Trump’s recent statements on their bill and lack of support throughout the party are not reassuring....
Jun 25, 2018
Erdogan wins in Turkey, gets ready to assume sweeping powers
ANKARA, Turkey - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for the past 15 years, will extend his rule and take on sweeping new powers after his victory in the country’s landmark ...
Jun 25, 2018
Authorities abandon 'zero-tolerance' for immigrant families
MCALLEN, Texas - The Trump administration has scaled back a key element of its zero-tolerance immigration policy amid a global uproar over the separation of more than 2,300 migrant families, halting t...
Jun 25, 2018
Thai officials believe 12 boys missing in cave are alive
MAE SAI, Thailand - Anguished parents of 12 members of a boys’ soccer team missing in a flooded cave in northern Thailand were spending a third night without their children Monday as water conti...
Jun 25, 2018

Prince William visits Israel's Holocaust memorial
JERUSALEM - Prince William began his visit to Israel on Tuesday with an emotional tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, a soccer game with Arab and Jewish youth and an introduction to Tel Aviv...
Jun 25, 2018

In the news today, June 25
Four stories in the news for Monday, June 25 --- UN WATCHDOG BLASTS LIBERALS ON HOUSING PLAN A United Nations housing watchdog is taking the Liberals to task over what she sees as the government’...
Jun 25, 2018

UN housing watchdog chides Liberals for watering down rights in housing strategy
OTTAWA - A United Nations housing watchdog is taking the federal Liberals to task over what she sees as the government’s about-face on a promise to put a human rights lens on its housing strateg...
Jun 25, 2018

Millard had means, motive and opportunity to kill his father, Crown alleges
TORONTO - A Toronto man killed his aviation executive father to access millions in inheritance, prosecutors alleged at the trial of the twice-convicted murderer on Monday, while the defence argued the...
Jun 25, 2018
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games World Cup At Nizhny, Russia England 6 Panama 1 At Yekaterinburg, Russia Japan 2 Senegal 2 At Kazan, Russia Colombia 3 Poland 0 — MLB American League Toronto 7 L.A. Angels 6 ...
Jun 24, 2018