Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hurricane Beryl forms in Atlantic, heads for east Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Atlantic season’s first hurricane, Beryl, formed Friday and headed for a weekend push into the eastern Caribbean, threatening islands still struggling to recover from...
Jul 06, 2018
Ex-athletes say Ohio State doc groped, ogled men for years
COLUMBUS, Ohio - On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher. Some former athl...
Jul 06, 2018
History-making 1986 team frustrated Canada hasn't returned to World Cup
VANCOUVER - Canadian head coach Tony Waiters knew what he wanted when he prepared his team for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The players would be fit and well organized. The team would be difficult to...
Jul 06, 2018
Robert Lepage says decision to cancel SLAV show a blow to artistic freedom
MONTREAL - Quebec stage director Robert Lepage broke his silence Friday on the abrupt cancellation of his controversial SLAV show, calling it a direct attack on artistic freedom. The Montreal Internat...
Jul 06, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.0 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrado...
Jul 06, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.0 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howe...
Jul 06, 2018
National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at June employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.0 per cent (5.8) Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.5) Participation rate: 65.5 per cent (6...
Jul 06, 2018
US adds a solid 213,000 jobs; unemployment up to 4 pct.
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers kept up a brisk hiring pace in June by adding 213,000 jobs, a sign of confidence in the economy despite the start of a potentially punishing trade war with China. The job g...
Jul 06, 2018
US newsrooms fall silent to honour 5 slain at Maryland paper
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Newsrooms usually abuzz with approaching deadlines fell oddly silent as journalists nationwide paused to honour five people shot dead a week before at a Maryland newspaper. At a tempo...
Jul 06, 2018
Suspect in Charlottesville attack pleads not guilty
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - An Ohio man pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges in a deadly car attack on a crowd of protesters opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr...
Jul 06, 2018