Category Archives: Canadian Press
Take a tin or leave toilet paper at community cupboard in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - A couple who’ve opened a community pantry outside their home in a poor Winnipeg neighbourhood say they could have started a community library, but the neighbours who knock on their do...
May 07, 2017
MacKinnon scores hat trick as Canada beats Slovenia 7-2 at world hockey championship
PARIS - By his own admission he wasn’t winning any points for style, but Nathan MacKinnon’s offensive output helped power Canada to another strong performance at the world hockey champions...
May 07, 2017
N. Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea has detained another American citizen accused of committing unspecified hostile acts against the country. The country’s official Korean Central News Agenc...
May 07, 2017
Debate over cultural appropriation a centuries-old battle for indigenous groups
TORONTO - The work of Toronto painter Amanda PL is infused with bright colours and bold outlines often associated with an indigenous art style. But for many of those familiar with the Woodland School ...
May 07, 2017
Philippines says bomb sparked by feud but IS claims attack
MANILA, Philippines - A bomb explosion that killed two people in a Muslim community in Manila was sparked by a personal feud, Philippine police officials said Sunday, but the Islamic State group claim...
May 07, 2017
India's anti-corruption crusader faces bribery allegation
NEW DELHI - Anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal’s government in the Indian capital plunged into a crisis on Sunday as a minister he fired over the weekend accused him of accepting 20 millio...
May 07, 2017
Famine could spread to 3rd South Sudan county: New report
NAIROBI, Kenya - Famine is at risk of spreading to a third county in South Sudan in the absence of food aid, a new report from a U.S.-backed monitoring group says, with the United Nations warning on S...
May 07, 2017
Jared Kushner's sister woos China's 'golden visa' investors
BEIJING - The sister of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has been in China courting individual investors with a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward ...
May 07, 2017
Royal relationship: Meghan Markle at Prince Harry polo match
LONDON - American actress Meghan Markle has attended a celebrity polo match near London where Prince Harry was playing, increasing British press speculation about their relationship. Photographs from ...
May 07, 2017
Miners at disaster site besiege Iranian president's car
TEHRAN, Iran - Angry coal miners besieged a car carrying Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday after he visited the site of a deadly mine explosion, a rare protest targeting the nation’s to...
May 07, 2017