Category Archives: Canadian Press
Campaigner-in-chief: Trump's politicking raises ethics flags
WASHINGTON - Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election. On Wednesday night, he’ll attend his first 2020 campaign fundrais...
Jun 28, 2017
Iran says US travel ban is 'racist' and 'unfair'
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate parts of a travel ban applied to six Muslim-majority countries is “racist” and “unfair.” Foreign M...
Jun 28, 2017
US envoy: China should allow Nobel laureate treatment abroad
BEIJING - The new U.S. ambassador to Beijing said Wednesday that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo should be allowed to receive treatment outside China after being diagnosed with cancer while in p...
Jun 28, 2017
'Farm boy' from Iowa tasked with bridging US-China divisions
BEIJING - A self-described “farm boy from Iowa” who befriended China’s president three decades ago is tasked with smoothing relations between the world’s two largest economies ...
Jun 28, 2017
UK charges 6 in Hillsborough stadium tragedy that killed 96
LONDON - Prosecutors charged a former senior police commander with manslaughter Wednesday in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster that left 96 people dead - long-awaited vindication for the families...
Jun 28, 2017
Obama and family move from Bali to Java on Indonesia holiday
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his family wrapped up a five-day vacation on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and headed to the historic city of Yogyakarta on Wed...
Jun 28, 2017
Cluster bombs kill at least 15 in eastern Syria
BEIRUT - A cluster bomb attack on an Islamic State-held village in eastern Syria killed at least 15 people on Wednesday, activists said, the latest in a series of devastating airstrikes along the Euph...
Jun 28, 2017
The feuding, feral cats of HMC Dockyard - and the ex-sailor who nurtures them
HALIFAX - Pierre Filiatreault looked out his office window at Halifax’s naval base 12 years ago and saw two tiny kittens playing together in a narrow alleyway. The kittens - one with fluffy oran...
Jun 28, 2017
Pilot schooled on proper chopper use after touching down next to Tim Hortons
O’LEARY, P.E.I. - A coast guard helicopter pilot has been schooled on the appropriate use of the aircraft after touching down in a field near a Tim Hortons in P.E.I. for a coffee fix. The choppe...
Jun 28, 2017
The Latest: Hillsborough: May: families feel mixed emotions
LONDON - The Latest on Britain’s 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster that left 96 people dead (all times local): 12:35 p.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May says this is a “day of really ...
Jun 28, 2017