Category Archives: Canadian Press
GOP exploring reasons for gender disparity in new Congress
WASHINGTON - For congressional Republicans, this month’s elections ushered in the year of the woman - literally. West Virginia’s Carol Miller will be the only Republican woman entering the...
Nov 22, 2018
Analysis: Rising US, China rivalry deepening rifts in Asia
BANGKOK - All the usual rituals of international summits were there: the group photos, the gala dinners, the noticeably vibrant shirts leaders force themselves into. But eclipsing all of that at Asia&...
Nov 22, 2018
Chinese reporter wins rare police apology for harassment
SHANGHAI - The young woman is panting, panicked, her thin arm pointing at four men in police uniforms who had let themselves into her hotel room near midnight. “You cannot treat me like this,...
Nov 22, 2018
UK's May faces more criticism for post-Brexit ties text
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May faced wide-ranging criticism from skeptical lawmakers Thursday as she sought to portray a draft agreement on a post-Brexit relationship with the European Un...
Nov 22, 2018
A 'hospital' for statues patches up Argentine monuments
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A headless Anibal Troilo, one of the tango’s greatest performers, rests on a seat holding his concertina. Beside him, tango singer Alberto Castillo smiles, though he la...
Nov 22, 2018
2 premiers and no government: Crisis confuses Sri Lankans
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Two men each claim to be the prime minister. Lawmakers are exchanging blows in Parliament. A former finance minister says the country is on the brink of an “economic anarchy...
Nov 22, 2018
Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106
LOS ANGELES - Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, died Wednesday. He was 106. Chavez, who had be...
Nov 22, 2018
Biologist fears extent of bird mortality may grow after N.L. oil spill
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - At least 15 oiled seabirds have been spotted after Newfoundland’s largest-ever offshore oil spill, but a biologist says past spills indicate the number could be in the t...
Nov 22, 2018
Name of potential Halifax CFL team a 'horse race' between Schooners and Storm
HALIFAX - The contest to name Halifax’s proposed CFL team appears to be a “horse race” between Atlantic Schooners and Atlantic Storm, according to a businessman trying to land a fran...
Nov 22, 2018
In the news today, Nov. 22
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 22 --- INJURED HUMBOLDT PLAYERS TO REUNITE ON ICE AGAIN Seven months after they were both paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Ryan Straschnitzki an...
Nov 22, 2018