Category Archives: Canadian Press
How 2019 could bring Canada's first Green government - on tiny P.E.I.
Tiny Prince Edward Island has long embraced the politically unusual: it had the first premier of non-European heritage, the first elected woman premier and the first openly gay male premier. Now, poll...
Dec 03, 2018
Uruguay rejects Peru Ex-President Garcia's asylum request
LIMA, Peru - Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Monday he would co-operate with prosecutors investigating him for possible corruption after Uruguay turned down his asylum request and forced hi...
Dec 03, 2018
Assaults increase at Washington mental hospital
BREMERTON, Wash. - The tall, lanky patient walked out of his room at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital and spit on two patients before ducking back inside. A few minutes later, he ...
Dec 03, 2018
Yemen's other conflicts simmer in city once held by al-Qaida
MUKALLA, Yemen - Two years after al-Qaida militants withdrew from Yemen’s eastern city of Mukalla, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates patrol the streets in armoured vehicles, ...
Dec 03, 2018
China gets US tariff delay but movement on tech unclear
BEIJING - Buy more U.S. exports? Done. Tinker with technology tactics that irk Washington and other trading partners? Maybe. But scrap those plans, seen by Beijing as a path to prosperity and influenc...
Dec 03, 2018
Sanders eyes 'bigger' 2020 bid despite some warning signs
BURLINGTON, Vt. - An insurgent underdog no more, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is laying the groundwork to launch a bigger presidential campaign than his first, as advisers predict he would open the 202...
Dec 03, 2018
George H.W. Bush guided by concern for humanity
DALLAS - Former President George H.W. Bush teamed up with the man who ousted him from the White House to help victims of natural disasters. He created a program that has honoured thousands of American...
Dec 03, 2018
In photo, Bush's service dog honours the late president
HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush’s service dog has honoured his master with his own tribute in front of the late leader’s flag-draped casket. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath posted a...
Dec 03, 2018
Nigerian president says he's alive, not an impostor
LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria’s president took the extraordinary step of denying rumours that he died and was replaced by a body double, telling the country that he is alive and well. “It is th...
Dec 03, 2018
Philippine leader jokes he used marijuana at SE Asia meeting
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, whose controversial war on drugs has cost thousands of lives, says he used marijuana to keep awake at a recent regional meeting, but later d...
Dec 03, 2018