Category Archives: Canadian Press
Freeland speech to trumpet Canadian tolerance, but no shouting at Trump please
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the world wants Canada to trumpet tolerance and diversity. That’s her plan for what is being billed as a major foreign policy speech earl...
May 22, 2017
Whitecaps host Impact in first leg of Canadian Championship semifinal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are eager to right last year’s wrong in the Canadian Championship. The club was moments away from lifting the national title for a second straight campaign wh...
May 22, 2017
Correction: Immigration Protection-Haiti story
WASHINGTON - In a story May 22 about US extending a humanitarian program for Haitians , The Associated Press reported erroneously that Omarosa Manigault said the president was “making his promis...
May 22, 2017
Trump: Israelis and Arabs share 'common cause' against Iran
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump opened his first visit to Israel Monday, saying he sees growing recognition among Muslim nations that they share a “common cause” with Israel in their de...
May 22, 2017
Used clothing store gets surprise donation of marijuana
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. - Someone apparently inadvertently donated more than 100 grams of marijuana when they dropped off some used children’s clothes a suburban Minneapolis shop. The Argus Leader repo...
May 22, 2017
Mark Zuckerberg says he's not running for public office
NEWPORT, R.I. - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his quest this year to visit every state he hadn’t before is about building relationships, not politics. The 33-year-old billionaire wrote in a ...
May 22, 2017
Forecast: Germany to top medal table at Pyeongchang Olympics
If the Pyeongchang Olympics were held today, Germany would win the most gold medals - and the most medals overall. That’s the forecast from U.S.-based Gracenote, a sports and entertainment data ...
May 22, 2017
Tories say Nova Scotia's health-care 'crisis' will decide the election
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Tory leader is framing the provincial election as a referendum on health care, but his main opponents say his party’s policies lack the substance to win on that ter...
May 22, 2017
Canadian actor Adam Beach walks a fine line as an ambassador for Canada 150
WINNIPEG - Canadian actor Adam Beach finds himself walking a fine line after agreeing to be an ambassador for the federal government’s Canada 150 celebrations. Beach, who overcame a troubled chi...
May 22, 2017
T-minus two weeks: Washington braces for impact of Comey comet
Washington is bracing for a high-impact political spectacle. The question on everyone’s mind: Whether this incoming political asteroid lands wide of the White House, or slams into it and causes ...
May 22, 2017