Category Archives: Canadian Press
South Sudan's war leaves disabled, elderly at special risk
BENTIU, South Sudan - More than 1 million disabled people are vulnerable to the increasing violence of South Sudan’s brutal civil war. Mary Nyakwas lost her leg to a crocodile while fleeing the ...
Jun 05, 2017
Officials confirm withdrawal of Canadian Forces involved in flooding relief
GATINEAU, Que. - Canadian soldiers have finished their flood-relief mission in Quebec, the federal and provincial governments announced Monday. “I handed over a letter that told the federal gove...
Jun 05, 2017
Timeline: How events unfolded in London's latest attack
LONDON - Britain suffered its third major extremist attack in three months on Saturday night when three men using a van and knives killed seven people in a busy area of London. This is how the attack ...
Jun 05, 2017
'Oi, terrorists, cowards!' Fighting back in London's chaos
LONDON - For eight agonizing minutes, the orders came from all directions, frantic and contradictory. Crowds scattered, sometimes directly into the path of the men trying to kill them. Police cars scr...
Jun 05, 2017
London attack victims include Canadian woman, French citizen
LONDON - The London vehicle and knife attack left seven dead and dozens wounded. Only one of the dead has been identified so far, a Canadian woman who moved to Europe to be with her fiance. An unident...
Jun 05, 2017
US factory orders slipped in April, investment weak
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories fell in April for the first time in five months amid declining demand for heavy machinery, iron and steel, and commercial airplanes. A key category that tracks bu...
Jun 05, 2017
Factory shooting leaves 2 teens without mother or father
ORLANDO, Fla. - A devoted father always photographing the games of his teenagers, now orphaned by a workplace shooting. A loving husband who “would give the shirt off his back” for anyone ...
Jun 05, 2017
US productivity flat in first quarter, while labour costs up
WASHINGTON - The productivity of American workers was flat in the first three months of this year, while labour costs rose at the fastest pace since the second quarter of last year. Productivity growt...
Jun 05, 2017
It won't be from sea-to-sea; how long will border wall be?
WASHINGTON - The White House insists that plans for President Donald Trump’s border wall are on track despite resistance from Congress. What it’s not saying is how it envisions the wall th...
Jun 05, 2017
French Open up for grabs for women; Murray, top men in QF
PARIS - For all of the tumult in the French Open women’s draw and the unfamiliar names filling the quarterfinal slots, the men’s tournament has been much more about the usual suspects: And...
Jun 05, 2017