Category Archives: Canadian Press
With 11 names left, search for wildfire missing winds down
SAN FRANCISCO - The search for people unaccounted for after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in at least a century is winding down in Northern California, with just 11 names left on a fluctuating list that...
Dec 05, 2018
A football weekend turns to tragedy for Tennessee all-stars
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It was a fun and competitive weekend for a young group of all-stars as they visited Texas and represented Memphis, Tennessee, in a weekend football tournament. The players, some ventu...
Dec 05, 2018
Some Africans are studying their way out of prison
NAIROBI, Kenya - Morris Kaberia was on Kenya’s death row and feeling suicidal when he came across a program that eventually set him free. The former police officer had been imprisoned for violen...
Dec 05, 2018
In Brazil backlands, termites built millions of dirt mounds
PALMEIRAS, Brazil - Roy Funch, an American botanist who has lived and worked in Brazil’s hardscrabble northeast for decades, long looked at huge cone-shaped mounds of mud in the distance and won...
Dec 05, 2018
Brazilian consul: Arrested Ghosn is healthy, wants thrillers
TOKYO - The former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was arrested in Japan on suspicion of underreporting his income, seems prepared to fight out his case and has asked for thriller books, according t...
Dec 05, 2018
'Crazy Rich Asians' fails to click with Chinese audiences
BEIJING - Chinese audiences aren’t exactly going nuts over the U.S. box office hit “Crazy Rich Asians,” despite its all-Asian cast and theme of rising Asian prosperity. Industry data...
Dec 05, 2018
'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah silenced by a voice issue
Fans of “The Daily Show” got to see Trevor Noah host Tuesday night’s Comedy Central broadcast. But they didn’t get to hear him. The reason: Noah has lost his voice and is under...
Dec 05, 2018
Packaged kale salad recalled due to possible Listeria contamination, CFIA says
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says one of Eat Smart’s packaged salads has been recalled due to possible Listeria contamination. The agency says the 156-gram packages of Salad Shak...
Dec 05, 2018
In the news today, Dec. 5
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Dec. 5 --- BRISON, MacNAUGHTON TO JOIN MULRONEY AT BUSH FUNERAL Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison and ambassador David MacNaughton will join former prime mi...
Dec 05, 2018
Turkey seeks arrest of 2 former aides to Saudi crown prince
ISTANBUL - Turkey is seeking the arrest of two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who were dismissed amid the fallout from the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi....
Dec 05, 2018