Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump scales back US goals in Syria, leaves future to others
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is dramatically scaling back U.S. goals in Syria as he pushes for a quick military withdrawal, Trump administration officials said Wednesday, abandoning plans to st...
Apr 4, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites questionable job approval rating
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is pointing to a 50 per cent job approval rating that may not fully comport with reality. TRUMP: “Thank you to Rasmussen for the honest polling. Just hit 50%,...
Apr 4, 2018
Plowing a path: State to buy farms to help new farmers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island is launching a program to buy farms and sell them to new farmers for dirt cheap. A farm bought for $500,000, for example, could then be sold for $100,000. It is an unco...
Apr 4, 2018
Congress' challenge: How to tame industry giant Facebook
WASHINGTON - Facebook isn’t just a company. It’s a behemoth, with 2.1 billion monthly users, $40 billion in revenue and more than 25,000 employees worldwide. And that leaves Washington wit...
Apr 4, 2018
New York house with celebrity-filled past is on the market
NYACK, N.Y. - A house that’s been a celebrity magnet for decades is on the market in the New York City suburbs. According to the Journal News , actress Helen Hayes and her husband, playwright Ch...
Apr 4, 2018
MLK honoured as thousands march to 'keep the dream going'
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With thoughts on the past and eyes to the future, thousands marched and sang civil rights songs Wednesday to honour the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the “apostle of nonviolence&...
Apr 4, 2018
Trump signs proclamation directing troops to secure border
WASHINGTON - Asserting the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-M...
Apr 4, 2018
Canadian women look to, rule Gold Coast beach, earn Commonwealth Games gold
GOLD COAST, Australia - Beach volleyball and Australia’s Gold Coast seem like a match made in heaven. And Canadian Sarah Pavan can’t wait to make some history there. Pavan, from Kitchener,...
Apr 4, 2018
Video game addiction a disease? WHO prepares to codify 'gaming disorder'
TORONTO - Lisa Pont has heard plenty of skepticism about video game addiction and whether it’s truly a medical condition that should be classified as a disease, as the World Health Organization ...
Apr 4, 2018
Legal system often fails on male violence, judge says: 'Little has changed'
CORNER BROOK, N.L. - A Newfoundland judge says the legal system has long failed to recognize the extent of violence faced by women who end relationships, and has opted to jail a man who threatened to ...
Apr 4, 2018