Category Archives: Canadian Press
Nobel winner Suu Kyi not above reproach in Rohingya abuse investigations: Rae
OTTAWA - No Myanmar politician, including Nobel laureate and honorary Canadian citizen Aung San Suu Kyi, is above a potential investigation by the International Criminal Court of possible war crimes, ...
Apr 3, 2018
Race triathlon, see the world. Manitoba's Mislawchuk always on the move
GOLD COAST, Australia - At the age of 20, Tyler Mislawchuk counted the number of countries that triathlon had taken him to and came up with close to 20. Three years later, the Manitoba native has adde...
Apr 3, 2018
50 years after King's death, his children are still grieving
ATLANTA - On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis. Yolanda, Martin, Dexter and Bernice King lost their father. The...
Apr 3, 2018
Dwayne Johnson discusses depression, mom's suicide attempt
NEW YORK - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says “depression never discriminates.” The actor in an interview with the Sunday Express talks about his struggles with depression and his ...
Apr 3, 2018
EPA chief's job not assured after Trump's praise - and ire
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump offered a measured gesture of support for the embattled head of the Environmental Protect Agency on Tuesday but those words of encouragement for Scott Pruitt also c...
Apr 3, 2018
Pregnant woman not allowed to board Disney cruise ship
MIAMI - Disney Cruise Lines prevented a Missouri woman from boarding one of its ships because she is 25 weeks pregnant. Emily Jackson and her family arrived in Miami last week after her doctor had cle...
Apr 3, 2018
India withdraws sweeping new rule clamping down on fake news
NEW DELHI - India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday withdrew a sweeping new order clamping down on journalists accused of spreading fake news. The U-turn came hours after the...
Apr 3, 2018
Egypt's election produces surprise runner-up: Invalid votes
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s victory in last week’s election was never in doubt, but the vote produced a surprise runner-up - an unusually large number of invalid bal...
Apr 3, 2018
CFL Alumni Association partners with brain exercise and assessment company
When Bob Bronk began experiencing brief memory lapses six years ago, he wondered if they were due to getting older or the concussions he suffered playing football. The former Toronto Argonauts running...
Apr 3, 2018
Argentine drought hits farmers hard, undermining economy
PERGAMINO, Argentina - Jorge Josifovich is silent and downcast as he walks under the pounding sun in one of Argentina’s most fertile agricultural regions, staring at soy crops parched by the cou...
Apr 3, 2018