Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rights group: Rohingya insurgents massacred Myanmar Hindus
BANGKOK - Myanmar’s army was not the only group that slaughtered civilians in the country’s volatile west last year, Amnesty International said in a new report accusing ethnic Rohingya ins...
May 23, 2018
Alleged IS supporter accused of urging Prince George attack
LONDON - An alleged supporter of the Islamic State group went on trial in London on Wednesday, accused of encouraging attacks on 4-year-old Prince George. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Husnain Rashid pr...
May 23, 2018
Poland hails its first Man Booker International winner
WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s deputy culture minister said Wednesday he is happy that author Olga Tokarczuk is the first Pole to win the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for fiction. Tokar...
May 23, 2018
G7 and European Union unite to reject recent election in Venezuela
OTTAWA - Canada and its fellow G7 countries along with the European Union issued a joint statement today saying they are united in rejecting and denouncing the recent presidential election in Venezuel...
May 23, 2018
City looks for answers after zombie alert sent to residents
LAKE WORTH, Fla. - Officials say they still don’t know who sent a “zombie alert” to residents of a Florida city following a power outage. Lake Worth spokesman Ben Kerr says an indepe...
May 23, 2018
In the news today, May 23
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, May 23 --- RACHEL NOTLEY SLAMS JOHN HORGAN BEFORE MEETING Alberta Premier Rachel Notley won’t be at today’s meeting of the western premiers in Yell...
May 23, 2018
B.C.'s Horgan defends fight to both retain and restrict Alberta oil imports
YELLOWKNIFE - B.C. Premier John Horgan says he is fighting to both retain and restrict Alberta energy imports because while the existing shipments are vital to his province, the Trans Mountain pipelin...
May 23, 2018
No suitors emerge for pipeline project stake as Kinder Morgan deadline looms
CALGARY - With just over a week remaining until the May 31 deadline set for abandoning its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, no suitors have publicly emerged to step into builder Kinder Morgan Canada...
May 23, 2018
Trudeau hugs babies and gives kisses in La Malbaie, Que., ahead of G7 Summit
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Hundreds of locals from the small mountainous town that will soon host the annual G7 summit gathered Wednesday night to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who helped choose their r...
May 23, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NBA Playoffs Houston 95 Golden State 92 (Series tied 2-2) — AHL Playoffs Texas 3 Rockford 2 (OT) (Texas leads series 3-0) — MLB American League Toronto 5 L.A. Angels ...
May 22, 2018