Category Archives: Canadian Press
Family separations at border down, but dozens still affected
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration separated 81 migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border since the June executive order that stopped the general practice amid a crackdown on i...
Dec 06, 2018
Truck collides head-on with Illinois school bus; 2 dead
DOWNS, Ill. - A semitrailer heading the wrong way on an interstate crashed into a school bus carrying an Illinois high school girls’ basketball team, killing the truck driver and an adult on the...
Dec 06, 2018
Viola Davis says 'stop taming us' at Hollywood event
LOS ANGELES - Actress and producer Viola Davis gave a rousing speech about leadership and authenticity to a well-heeled crowd of Hollywood power players Wednesday morning at The Hollywood ReporterR...
Dec 06, 2018
Tech execs at White House field ideas for US dominance
Top executives from Google, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Qualcomm gathered Thursday at the White House amid strained ties between President Donald Trump’s administration and the tech industry and ...
Dec 06, 2018
US priest in Philippines arrested on charges of sex abuse
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in a remote central town in a case one official descr...
Dec 06, 2018
Bush's presidential funeral train first in nearly 50 years
SPRING, Texas - The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails rather than t...
Dec 06, 2018
Malala Yousafzai to receive Harvard award for activism
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye) is being honoured by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education. Harvard’...
Dec 06, 2018
China promises prompt action on US trade pact
BEIJING - China’s government said Thursday it will promptly carry out a tariff cease-fire with Washington and is confident they can reach a trade agreement, suggesting Beijing wants to avoid dis...
Dec 06, 2018
OPEC delays oil output decision pending Russia talks
VIENNA - OPEC countries hoping to support the price of oil put off their decision Thursday on how much to reduce oil production until they negotiate with ally Russia on Friday on how much it will cont...
Dec 06, 2018
2 US warplanes crash off Japan; 1 crew dead, 5 missing
TOKYO - One of two crew members recovered after two U.S. warplanes collided and crashed off Japan’s coast early Thursday is dead and five others remain missing, the U.S. military said. The Marin...
Dec 06, 2018