Category Archives: Canadian Press
A sticky mess: liquid chocolate spills onto Polish highway
WARSAW, Poland - A tractor-trailer has overturned on a Polish highway, spilling tons of liquid chocolate that are solidifying into a huge sticky mess. The private broadcaster TVN24 showed images of an...
May 09, 2018
In the news today, May 9
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 9 --- CANADA TO APOLOGIZE FOR REJECTING JEWISH REFUGEE SHIP Canada will formally apologize for turning away a boat full of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germa...
May 09, 2018
Summer jobs program shows 'totalitarian' tendency: ex-religious freedom envoy
OTTAWA - Canada’s former religious freedom ambassador says the Trudeau government is displaying “totalitarian” tendencies with its controversial changes to the student summer jobs pr...
May 09, 2018
Charlevoix's century-old Manoir Richelieu turns into fortress as G7 summit nears
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Jean-Jacques Etcheberrigaray, the general manager of the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu hotel, was visiting relatives in the south of France in his native Basque region about a year a...
May 09, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen Latvia 5 South Korea 0 Finland 7 Norway 0 At Herning, Denmark Slovakia 4 Austria 2 Czech Republic 5 Switzerland 4 (SO) — AHL Playoffs ...
May 09, 2018
Iran's top leader, lawmakers lash out at US on nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader chastised President Donald Trump on Wednesday over his decision to pull America out of the 2015 nuclear deal, while lawmakers lit a paper U.S. flag on fire i...
May 08, 2018
Five Things To Know: Canadian pitcher James Paxton's no-hitter
TORONTO - Mariners pitcher James Paxton threw a no-hitter to lead Seattle to a 5-0 shutout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. The product of Ladner, B.C., became the first Canadian to pitch a ...
May 08, 2018
Pediatricians get guidance on kids' gender diversity as more parents seek answers
TORONTO - The Canadian Paediatric Society has issued guidelines to help doctors discuss the complexities of gender identity in children with their parents and caregivers. The online resource will help...
May 08, 2018
Paul scores 41 as Rockets eliminate Jazz 112-102
HOUSTON - Chris Paul didn’t want to talk about his post-season failures, not after Houston’s win Tuesday over Utah finally got him into the Western Conference finals. “For us it was ...
May 08, 2018
Philippine chief justice returns to office amid ouster moves
MANILA, Philippines - The embattled Philippine chief justice returned to office Wednesday after taking two months of leave amid efforts by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to oust her ...
May 08, 2018