Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump fumes at Homeland Security head over immigration
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unloaded on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a heated Cabinet meeting this week, railing against her for failing to stop illegal border crossings. Tr...
May 11, 2018
Chatter grows about Trump's Nobel Peace Prize prospects
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama won it. So did Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Now, President Donald Trump’s supporters are pushing for him to be the next U.S. leader to win the N...
May 11, 2018
Kelly says Trump is 'distracted' by Russia probe
WASHINGTON - White House chief of staff John Kelly said President Donald Trump is “somewhat embarrassed” by the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elec...
May 11, 2018
Even from afar, McCain raises his voice against torture
WASHINGTON - As Senate consideration of Gina Haspel to head the CIA quickly turned into a debate over torture, one voice weighed in from afar. Republican Sen. John McCain, a Navy pilot who was beaten ...
May 11, 2018
Republicans override Dem objections to confirm federal judge
WASHINGTON - The political battle over President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees escalated on Thursday when the Senate took the rare step of confirming the nomination of a Wisconsin attorney to...
May 11, 2018
Few teeth: Trump unveils plan to reduce drug prices
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan to bring down drug prices, unveiled Friday, will mostly spare the pharmaceutical industry he previously accused of “getting away wit...
May 11, 2018
Safety concerns raised after lawyer allegedly assaulted by client in courtroom
HALIFAX - A group representing Nova Scotia lawyers is raising new safety concerns following an alleged courtroom assault on a woman by her male client. The Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys’ Associati...
May 11, 2018
Blue Jays overcome Sale's 15 K's to beat Red Sox in extra innings
TORONTO - Luke Maile called his fourth-inning error “the dumbest play” of his career. But that only made the walk-off homer he hit hours later feel even sweeter. Maile hit his second homer...
May 11, 2018
Queen's husband makes 1st public appearance since surgery
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip has made his first public appearance since leaving the hospital after hip replacement surgery on April 13. Philip was seen in a sports utility...
May 11, 2018
For Saudi Arabia, a coming-out party at Cannes
CANNES, France - At the Cannes Film Festival for the first time, Saudi Arabia has come to the world’s largest film market to declare itself “open for business,” while largely avoidin...
May 11, 2018