Category Archives: Canadian Press
Singapore says American leaked 14,200 HIV records
Singapore’s health ministry accused an American on Monday of stealing and leaking the records of 14,200 people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, before January 2013. It said Mikhy K...
Jan 28, 2019
Danes erect fence on German border to stop swine fever
COPENHAGEN - Denmark has begun erecting a 70-kilometre (43.4-mile) fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever, which could jeopardi...
Jan 28, 2019
Duterte sees bombed church, tells army to crush Abu Sayyaf
MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte and his top security officials on Monday visited a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines where suspected Islamic militants set off bombs that k...
Jan 28, 2019
Searchers probe deep mud from Brazil dam breach; 65 dead
BRUMADINHO, Brazil - Brazilian firefighters and Israeli rescue workers poked sticks into treacherous mud Monday looking for bodies as pressure mounted on the mining company responsible for a dam that ...
Jan 28, 2019
No more coal investments for Export Development Canada, new policy says
OTTAWA - Canada’s export-development bank is getting entirely out of the coal game but will continue to fund the oil-and-gas sector as the world transitions towards cleaner sources of energy. Ex...
Jan 28, 2019
Strongest tornado in 8 decades hits Cuba; 3 dead, 172 hurt
HAVANA - Neighbourhood brigades and teams of government workers hacked at fallen trees and hauled chunks of concrete out of collapsed homes Monday as the Cuban capital attempted to recover from what o...
Jan 28, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 28
Five stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 28 --- MPS ON ELECTION FOOTING AS PARLIAMENT RESUMES Federal politicians will be on election footing as they resume parliamentary business today. They’l...
Jan 28, 2019
'Why didn't you stop?' Humboldt Bronco families hear details of deadly crash
MELFORT, Sask. - Grieving families sobbed Monday as they heard how a semi-truck driver barrelled through an oversized stop sign with a flashing red light and failed to avoid a high-speed crash with a ...
Jan 28, 2019
MPs try to find way in temporary digs for last sitting before election
OTTAWA - Newly minted Treasury Board President Jane Philpott was just finishing a scrum with reporters in the foyer of the new House of Commons in Ottawa Monday. She told journalists to “enjoy t...
Jan 28, 2019
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games (All Times Eastern) NBA Cleveland 104, Chicago 101 L.A. Clippers 122, Sacramento 108 Oklahoma City 118, Milwaukee 112 Houston 103, Orlando 98 San Antonio 132, Washington 119 Toron...
Jan 27, 2019