Category Archives: Canadian Press
Paris cleans up riot debris as support fades for protesters
PARIS - Business owners, city employees and construction workers dug in Sunday to clean up one of the world’s most glamorous avenues, after riots by ultraviolent yellow vest protesters trashed t...
Mar 17, 2019
Flash floods, slides in eastern Indonesia kill at least 58
JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Flash floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s easternmost province, killing at least 58 people and ...
Mar 17, 2019
Biden's verbal slip about campaign draws Democrats' cheers
DOVER, Del. - Did Joe Biden accidentally reveal his plans to run for the White House? Or was it just another slip of the tongue by the former vice-president with a reputation for veering off script? I...
Mar 17, 2019
Taliban kill 22 Afghan forces in attack on checkpoints
KABUL - An overnight Taliban assault on checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed 22 troops, after some 100 Afghan forces fled heavy fighting in the country’s west last week and tried to cross ...
Mar 17, 2019
Military: West Bank shooting spree kills 1 Israeli, wounds 2
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian killed an Israeli and seriously wounded two others in a West Bank shooting and stabbing spree Sunday before fleeing, setting off a massive manhunt, the Israeli military said....
Mar 17, 2019
Dog that completed Iditarod sled race dies of pneumonia
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Iditarod race officials say a dog on a racer’s team has died of pneumonia, and the musher has been withdrawn from the event. In a statement, the Iditarod organization announc...
Mar 17, 2019
New Zealand citizens open to gun reform after massacre
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The New Zealand leader’s promise of tightened gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings has been widely welcomed by a stunned population. Prime Minist...
Mar 17, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $20 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $20 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for ...
Mar 17, 2019
Bottas beats Mercedes teammate Hamilton to win Australian GP
MELBOURNE, Australia - Valterri Bottas can’t really explain how he got from playing the loyal lieutenant to Lewis Hamilton and failing to win a race last season, to upstaging his Mercedes teamma...
Mar 17, 2019
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games NHL Ottawa 6 Toronto 2 Winnipeg 2 Calgary 1 Edmonton 3 Arizona 2 (OT) Chicago 2 Montreal 0 Detroit 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 1 Florida 4 Los Angeles 3 Boston 2 C...
Mar 17, 2019