Category Archives: Canadian Press
Driver dead, officer shot after police chase on interstate
SENATOBIA, Miss. - Authorities say a Tennessee man shot dead after a high-speed chase in Mississippi was wanted following his wife’s death last week. Forty-six-year-old Eric Higgs was shot after...
Oct 30, 2017
Kenyan president is declared winner of troubled election
NAIROBI, Kenya - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday was declared the overwhelming winner of a rerun election boycotted by Kenya’s main opposition leader, collecting 98 per cent of the vote but a...
Oct 30, 2017
Seoul: A NKorea nuke test risks radiation leak at test site
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Any future nuclear test by North Korea risks collapsing its mountain test site and triggering a radiation leak, South Korea’s weather agency chief said Monday. The he...
Oct 30, 2017
UK lawmakers seek "zero tolerance" for sexual harassment
LONDON - The leader of Britain’s House of Commons said Monday there should be “zero tolerance” for inappropriate behaviour in Parliament as lawmakers debated a response to reports th...
Oct 30, 2017
About 150,000 Hydro-Quebec clients without power as of Monday afternoon
MONTREAL - About 150,000 Hydro-Quebec customers remained without electricity as of late Monday afternoon after strong winds and heavy rain caused havoc with the province’s power grid. The utilit...
Oct 30, 2017
Taliban say their US hostage in Afghanistan in poor health
KABUL - The Taliban say the condition of one of their captives in Afghanistan has deteriorated and that the American is in poor health. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid released a statement on Mon...
Oct 30, 2017
Spain seeks rebellion charges against fired Catalan leaders
BARCELONA, Spain - Spain’s state prosecutor said Monday that he would seek charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement against members of Catalonia’s ousted secessionist government, pu...
Oct 30, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Oct. 30
Six stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 30 --- FEDS TO DELAY PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING: The Canadian Press has learned the federal Liberals plan to shift some $2 billion in planned infrastructu...
Oct 30, 2017
Fraud trial for ex-deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau set for next April
QUEBEC - The fraud-related trial for ex-deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau and five co-accused has been set for next spring. Quebec court Judge Jean-Louis Lemay announced the date of April 9 at...
Oct 30, 2017
Family says at hearings that a 'white-passing' appearance alters police reaction
MEMBERTOU, N.S. - Family members of a murdered Inuk woman said Monday that merely appearing to be white often heightens police and public interest in a crime or missing person case involving an aborig...
Oct 30, 2017