Category Archives: Canadian Press
Opposition parties try to block Trudeau's pick for languages commissioner
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are trying to block the nomination of Madeleine Meilleur as the country’s new official languages commissioner. Conservatives and New Democrats accuse Prime Minister J...
May 17, 2017
Chicago Police release final version of use-of-force policy
CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Department, struggling to regain public trust in the wake of a video of a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times, on Wednesday released a new use of forc...
May 17, 2017
Vaccine may cut HPV infections, an oral cancer risk, in men
The HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer in women also might lower the risk in young men of oral infections that can cause mouth and throat cancers, a new study finds. These cancers are risi...
May 17, 2017
'I wasn't very happy at first:' Shea finds footing after trade to Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - Brek Shea sits down on a bench before peeling off his cleats after a spirited practice. The Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder answers a couple of questions when the conversation turns to the ...
May 17, 2017
U.S. teen's death after caffeine binge sparks concern over energy drinks
TORONTO - The death of a 16-year-old South Carolina boy from a probable caffeine-induced heart arrhythmia has renewed concerns about the risks of young people consuming energy drinks and other beverag...
May 17, 2017
Dog cull being planned on northern reserve where woman fatally mauled
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba aboriginal leader says culls of stray dogs in remote communities are a necessary measure when people’s safety is at risk. The community of Little Grand Rapids was planning ...
May 17, 2017
State Dept. criticizes Turkey for violence outside embassy
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials strongly criticized the Turkish government Wednesday as video appeared to show its president’s security forces pushing past police and violently breaking up a protest...
May 17, 2017
US judge blocks restriction on immigrant legal help
SEATTLE - A federal judge temporarily blocked a Justice Department decision that immigrant legal rights organizations around the country said would curtail much of the work they do help those facing d...
May 17, 2017
Fractious House panel at centre of latest Trump probes
WASHINGTON - The oversight committee chosen by House Speaker Paul Ryan to investigate whether President Donald Trump obstructed an FBI probe has been the most publicly aggressive group involved in the...
May 17, 2017
Love bite? Snake bites Florida man who tries to kiss it
BOSTWICK, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida man leaned in to kiss a rattlesnake - but got bitten instead. News outlets report the unidentified man was bitten on the tongue Tuesday in the Bostwick area ...
May 17, 2017