Category Archives: Canadian Press
Voting machines raise worries in Congo ahead of elections
DAKAR, Senegal - Congo’s government is moving forward with plans to use electronic voting machines in this year’s highly anticipated presidential election despite warnings from watchdog gr...
Jun 21, 2018
Trump defends his hard-line immigration policies to cheers
DULUTH, Minn. - Hours after reversing himself to end the forced separations of migrant families, President Donald Trump returned to the warm embrace of his supporters at a raucous rally to defend his ...
Jun 21, 2018

Trump's migrant policy: First blowback, then about-face
WASHINGTON - As a crisis of migrant children separated from their families provoked national outrage, President Donald Trump said he was powerless to act through an executive order. Five days later, h...
Jun 21, 2018
Trump's immigration order sparks confusion, deep concern
EDINBURG, Texas - President Donald Trump’s reversal of a policy separating migrant families at the Mexico border sparked confusion over how the new guidelines will play out and deep concern that...
Jun 21, 2018

#NeverTrump to #OKTrump: Romney's evolution mirrors party
PARK CITY, Utah - Mitt Romney did not ride a donkey. But the one-time presidential nominee and now candidate for Senate did cheer enthusiastically at a donkey basketball game, campaigning on the groun...
Jun 21, 2018
Prosecutor: Abused kids upbringing like 'Lord of the Flies'
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The abuse started in Texas with the children being slapped, hit and thrown around the house, a prosecutor said Thursday. It escalated to beatings with a belt, then the buckle-end o...
Jun 21, 2018
China says US swinging 'big stick' of unfair trade tactics
BEIJING - China on Thursday accused the United States of using bullying tactics and blackmail in threatening to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports, ramping up critici...
Jun 21, 2018
Instagram unveils new video service in challenge to YouTube
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook’s Instagram service is loosening its restraints on video in an attempt to lure younger viewers away from YouTube when they’re looking for something to watch on the...
Jun 21, 2018
Quebec police watchdog probes death of man after he fled police on foot at casino
GATINEAU, Que. - Quebec’s police watchdog has opened an investigation into the death of a 28-year-old man who was struck by a car after he allegedly fled police on foot in Gatineau, Que. The ind...
Jun 21, 2018

Cleanup begins after Nunavut inmates barricade prison wing
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Crews were cleaning up Nunavut’s notorious Baffin Correctional Centre after inmates barricaded themselves in a wing and caused considerable damage. “Significant repairs ...
Jun 21, 2018