Category Archives: Canadian Press
Searchers for victim of Irish 'Troubles' find human remains
LONDON - A commission searching for one of the so-called “disappeared” victims of the conflict in Northern Ireland says it has discovered human remains in a French forest. The Independent ...
May 06, 2017
Tanzania police say 35 killed as bus with students crashes
DODOMA, Tanzania - At least 35 people were killed, most of them young children, after a bus carrying students lost control and crashed in northern Tanzania, police said Saturday. The bus had been carr...
May 06, 2017
Pro-EU Macron wins France's presidency, Le Pen hopes dashed
PARIS - Ripping up France’s political map, French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s youngest president Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the una...
May 06, 2017
Hamas says Ismail Haniyeh chosen as Islamic group's leader
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The Hamas Islamic militant movement that controls the Gaza Strip announced Saturday it had chosen its former Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniyeh as the group’s new p...
May 06, 2017
Fraternity, 18 members charged in Penn State student's death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Eighteen Penn State fraternity brothers have been charged with crimes ranging up to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a pledge who authorities say repeatedly fell down a fligh...
May 06, 2017
Commons panel struggles to finalize report on how to help ailing news industry
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee studying Canada’s slumping media industry is struggling to finalize a long-awaited report that could, among other things, recommend Ottawa create a “digi...
May 06, 2017
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan takes campaign to Liberal heartland in Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia’s New Democrats took their campaign to the Liberal heartland in the province’s Okanagan on Saturday, targeting three ridings held by Liberal backbenchers. N...
May 06, 2017
Refugee claimants coming to Canada through the United States not new
MONTREAL - One spring morning, Alfredo Rivas and his wife, who was seven months pregnant, grabbed the small bags containing their remaining belongings and headed north to Canada, a place they’d ...
May 06, 2017
French watchdog: large amount of Macron data leaked
PARIS - France’s election campaign commission says “a significant amount of data” has been leaked on social networks following a hacking attack allegedly suffered by centrist preside...
May 06, 2017
Prosecutors dropping 2 teens' charges in school rape case
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Prosecutors are dropping charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a restroom at a suburban Washington high school, a case cited by the White House as...
May 06, 2017