Category Archives: Canadian Press
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister hurt while hiking on vacation in New Mexico
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister was hiking while on vacation in New Mexico and was overdue by an hour when his wife called police who found him injured at a trailhead. Lt. Elizabeth Armijo...
Nov 17, 2017
GOP closer to big win with House tax vote; Senate unclear
WASHINGTON - Republicans have stretched closer to delivering the first big legislative victory for President Donald Trump and their party, whisking a $1.5 trillion overhaul of business and personal in...
Nov 17, 2017
Human rights repression in China seen worsening under Xi
BEIJING - After five years of prison and three more confined by guards at home, Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng could take no more. With the help of friends and a willing driver, Gao escaped ...
Nov 17, 2017
Allegations against Alabama's Roy Moore dividing GOP women
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Standing on the white marble steps of Alabama’s Capitol, Kayla Moore surrounded herself with two dozen other women Friday to defend husband Roy Moore against accusations of se...
Nov 17, 2017
UK agency investigates mid-air collision with casualties
LONDON - An aircraft and helicopter collided in mid-air Friday northwest of London and a “number of casualties” were reported, authorities said. Fire and ambulance services rushed to the s...
Nov 17, 2017
Trump campaign created own rules on sexual harassment
WASHINGTON - “You can do anything,” Donald Trump once boasted, speaking of groping and kissing unsuspecting women. Maybe he could, but not everyone can. The candidate who openly bragged ab...
Nov 17, 2017
'Friendship' defence, lack of 'smoking gun' aided Menendez
NEWARK, N.J. - Jurors in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez didn’t think the government’s case was strong enough to convict the New Jersey Democrat and a wealthy friend, according to i...
Nov 17, 2017
US says Sudan cutting trade, military ties to North Korea
WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday that Sudan will cut all military and trade ties to North Korea, a move that would be a significant victory in the Trump administration’s efforts to i...
Nov 17, 2017
Congress debates oil drilling in largest US wildlife refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sometime next April, pregnant cows in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada will take the lead in an annual migration of nearly 200,000 animals north to Alaska. From winter grounds ...
Nov 17, 2017
Senior Chinese envoy in North Korea amid chill in ties
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - The highest-level Chinese envoy to North Korea in two years held meetings in the country’s capital to try to improve relations that have...
Nov 17, 2017