Category Archives: Canadian Press
FAA defends its reliance on aircraft makers to certify jets
WASHINGTON - Under fire from lawmakers on Capitol Hill over the two deadly Boeing crashes, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday defended the agency’s practice of relying ...
Mar 27, 2019

Trump assembling an army of operatives for re-election fight
WASHINGTON - In 2016, President Donald Trump compared Hillary Clinton’s campaign to the lumbering federal bureaucracy. Now he’s building one of his own. From an office tower across the Pot...
Mar 27, 2019
Italy's La Scala to run academy for Saudi girls and boys
MILAN - The academy of Italy’s premier opera house, Teatro alla Scala, has agreed to start a conservatory for both girls and boys in Saudi Arabia. The decision Tuesday by the academy’s boa...
Mar 27, 2019
Ukraine's ultra-right increasingly visible as election nears
KIEV, Ukraine - As Ukraine’s presidential election draws near, its ultranationalist groups are becoming increasingly visible, posing a dilemma for the West. Thousands of far-right activists marc...
Mar 27, 2019
1st cholera cases confirmed in Mozambique's cyclone-hit city
BEIRA, Mozambique - The first cases of cholera have been confirmed in the cyclone-ravaged city of Beira, Mozambican authorities announced on Wednesday, raising the stakes in an already desperate fight...
Mar 27, 2019
Shakira defends her song against plagiarism in Spanish court
MADRID - Colombian singers Shakira and Carlos Vives appeared in a Madrid court Wednesday to answer allegations by a Cuban-born singer and producer that they plagiarized his work in their award-winning...
Mar 27, 2019

Canada's Auger-Aliassime makes Miami Open semifinal with upset of Borna Coric
MIAMI - Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime made history at the Miami Open on Wednesday night. The Montreal teenager became the youngest semifinalist in the 34-year history of the event with a 7-6 (3...
Mar 27, 2019

Street checks should be strictly limited - or banned outright, N.S. report said
HALIFAX - Street checks by Halifax-area police have had a “disproportionate and negative” impact on the African Nova Scotia community, according to a new report that found black males were...
Mar 27, 2019

US trade gap falls 15 per cent to $51.1 billion in January
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit tumbled nearly 15 per cent in January as imports fell and exports rose. Shipments of American goods to China skidded to the lowest level in more than eight years as...
Mar 27, 2019

Montreal archdiocese calls on retired judge to examine sexual abuse allegations
MONTREAL - The Montreal archdiocese has called on a retired judge to conduct an audit of sexual abuse claims over a span of nearly seven decades, but a group that works with victims raised concerns We...
Mar 27, 2019