Category Archives: Canadian Press
Sheriff: Woman blamed boyfriend's death on YouTube stunt
HALSTAD, Minn. - A Minnesota woman charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend in a failed YouTube video stunt foreshadowed the event when she tweeted that it would be “one of the most dangerous...
Jun 29, 2017
Dave Semenko, the enforcer who opened up the ice for Wayne Gretzky, dies at 59
EDMONTON - Dave Semenko, who defined hockey’s tough guy role as Wayne Gretzky’s bodyguard and once went three rounds with boxing legend Muhammad Ali, has died after a battle with cancer. H...
Jun 29, 2017
Manitoba seeking legal advice on federal government's carbon pricing plan
WINNIPEG - Manitoba became the second province Thursday to raise the spectre of a court challenge against the federal government’s carbon-pricing plan. Premier Brian Pallister said he is seeking...
Jun 29, 2017
As South Sudan's civil war rages, cholera takes deadly toll
PIERI, South Sudan - Clasping frail arms around his stomach, Machar Weituor doubles over in pain as he slowly positions himself over the hole in his bed. Too feeble to make it to the toilet, the 40-ye...
Jun 29, 2017
Study: Orcas' failed pregnancies linked to scarce food
SEATTLE - Improving salmon runs could help the endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state, according to a new study that found the orcas cannot find enough fish to ea...
Jun 29, 2017
US quietly publishes once-expunged papers on 1953 Iran coup
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Once expunged from its official history, documents outlining the U.S.-backed 1953 coup in Iran have been quietly published by the State Department, offering a new glimpse...
Jun 29, 2017
China's Xi in Hong Kong for anniversary as protests planned
HONG KONG - Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Hong Kong Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of Beijing taking control of the former British colony, accompanied by a formidable layer of security...
Jun 29, 2017
Venezuela prosecutor charging ex-national guard chief
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s renegade chief prosecutor charged the former head of the country’s national guard Thursday with systemically violating human rights during three months of ...
Jun 29, 2017
Analysis: For GOP Congress, an imperative on health care
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans are stymied over health care. But after seven years of promising to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s law, they risk political disaster if...
Jun 29, 2017
Senate committee backs aviation bill minus key Trump goal
WASHINGTON - A Republican-led Senate committee on Thursday backed an aviation bill that omits one of President Donald Trump’s goals - turning air traffic control operations over to a private com...
Jun 29, 2017