Category Archives: Canadian Press
Motive for slaying of California policewoman still a mystery
DAVIS, Calif. - A gunman on a bicycle ambushed a rookie policewoman in Northern California, shooting her from the shadows, then reloaded and narrowly avoided wounding others before walking home and ca...
Jan 12, 2019
Trump calls report on FBI probe of him 'most insulting'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday called “most insulting” a published report that federal law enforcement officials were so concerned about his behaviour in the days after he...
Jan 12, 2019
US starts withdrawing supplies, but not troops, from Syria
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it has started pulling equipment, but not troops, out of Syria as a first step in meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for a complete military withdrawal. ...
Jan 12, 2019
Selective shutdown? Trump tries to blunt impact, takes heat
WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is wreaking havoc on many Americans: Hundreds of thousands of federal employees don’t know when they’ll see their next paycheque, and low-income people...
Jan 12, 2019
Congo runner-up Fayulu asks court to order election recount
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s presidential runner-up Martin Fayulu has asked the constitutional court to order a recount in the disputed election, declaring on Saturday that “you can’t m...
Jan 12, 2019
Dozens feared dead in Nigeria as leaking oil tanker explodes
LAGOS, Nigeria - An overturned oil tanker exploded in Nigeria while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel and many were killed, police and witnesses said Saturday. Hundreds of people have...
Jan 12, 2019
Underfunding, bad repairs, cited for why Canadian roads are breaking down
OTTAWA - Municipal and provincial governments in Canada are all looking for better ways to deal with their growing pothole problems, but none is properly tracking whether the repairs they do now are e...
Jan 12, 2019
Foreign affairs minister welcomes "brave new Canadian" as Saudi teen lands in Toronto
TORONTO - A Saudi teen described as a “brave new Canadian” by an official from the government that granted her refugee status as she fled her allegedly abusive family is en route to her ne...
Jan 12, 2019
No easy answers to questions swirling around fatal Ottawa bus crash: police chief
OTTAWA - The investigation into a deadly bus crash on a busy Ottawa route will not yield answers quickly, the city’s police chief said Saturday as he cautioned the public not to jump to conclusi...
Jan 12, 2019
3 dead, dozens injured in Paris bakery gas leak explosion
PARIS - A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak blew apart a Paris bakery on Saturday and devastated the street it was on, killing three people and injuring dozens as it blasted out windo...
Jan 12, 2019