Category Archives: Canadian Press
Dozens of Labrador mining staffers show signs of lung disease, report finds
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A new medical report has found that 35 people who worked at mining properties in Labrador have signs of silicosis, a lung disease that can develop from breathing in silica dus...
May 24, 2017
Advocates: Federal role crucial for iconic waterway cleanups
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Trump administration makes a straightforward case for slashing $427 million in federal spending to heal ailing regional water bodies such as the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay ...
May 24, 2017
OPEC likely to extend production cuts into next year
VIENNA - OPEC countries and other producers including oil giant Russia are backing prolonging last year’s production cut to shore up crude prices, strongly indicating that an extension is a done...
May 24, 2017
'I won't give up': Death row inmate seeks execution reprieve
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The man derisively called the “Houdini” of death row by victims’ advocates is asking the courts to halt his execution for an eighth time, saying Alabama’s ex...
May 24, 2017
Bahrain raid on Shiite cleric's town: 5 killed, 286 arrested
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahraini police raid on the hometown of a prominent Shiite cleric facing possible deportation has left at least five demonstrators dead and 286 people arrested in an assa...
May 24, 2017
'In turmoil again': Central African Republic unrest spreads
ZEMIO, Central African Republic - No soldiers or police patrol this remote town in the far southeast of Central African Republic, where armed groups have attacked several times in the past few months....
May 24, 2017
Toronto Blue Jays place outfielder Anthony Alford on 10-day disabled list
MILWAUKEE - The Toronto Blue Jays placed Anthony Alford on the 10-day disabled list Wednesday with a wrist injury and recalled fellow outfielder Dwight Smith from triple-A Buffalo. Alford picked up hi...
May 24, 2017
N.S. political leaders focus on health care in election's final days
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Tories and NDP have pinpointed health care as the Liberals’ Achilles heel as the election campaign enters its final days, hoping to convince voters it is in crisis ...
May 24, 2017
Alaska aquiver: State hosts plate tectonics research effort
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska averages 40,000 earthquakes per year, with more large quakes than the other 49 states combined, and America’s shakiest state is about to have its ground examined like ...
May 24, 2017
NATO rolls out the red carpet, buffs its image for Trump
BRUSSELS - NATO is not only rolling out the red carpet for President Donald Trump in Brussels Thursday, the military alliance - which Trump once declared obsolete - has been busy repackaging its image...
May 24, 2017