Category Archives: Canadian Press
Study suggests marine heat waves getting more frequent, lasting longer
HALIFAX - Heat waves in the world’s oceans are getting longer and more frequent, according to a new study that warns the phenomenon will likely continue to alter marine ecosystems, harm fisherie...
Apr 11, 2018
Promoters, law prof at odds over whether Quebec rodeos violated animal welfare
MONTREAL - A popular western festival and a Montreal law professor are at odds again over whether rodeo events in Quebec last year contravened the province’s animal-welfare rules. Alain Roy of U...
Apr 11, 2018
Police: Bank robbery suspect trying to impress Taylor Swift
ANSONIA, Conn. - Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star’s Rhode Island mansion where he threw cash over a fence in an attemp...
Apr 11, 2018
Swedish king: Nobel trouble can be 'seriously damaging'
COPENHAGEN - The resignation of three members from the Swedish Academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize is “deeply unfortunate and risk seriously damaging” the body’s “impor...
Apr 11, 2018
Sessions takes fight on border enforcement to New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - As thousands of National Guard troops deploy to the Mexico border, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions brought his tough stance on immigration enforcement to New Mexico on Wednesday...
Apr 11, 2018
New Thai charges filed against Russian sex guru, woman
BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have filed new charges against a self-described Russian sex guru and a woman who claims to have evidence of Russian ties to President Donald Trump’s election campaig...
Apr 11, 2018
Thousands gather for memorial for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Emotional tributes to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela poured in on Wednesday during an hours-long memorial service attended by thousands at Soweto’s Orlando Stad...
Apr 11, 2018
North Korea parliament to convene to approve national agenda
TOKYO - North Korea’s parliament was scheduled to convene on Wednesday amid a series of diplomatic moves by leader Kim Jong Un that could have a major impact on the direction the country takes i...
Apr 11, 2018
Myanmar court refuses to dismiss charges against journalists
YANGON, Myanmar - A Myanmar court on Wednesday refused to dismiss a case against two Reuters journalists after the reporters’ lawyers insisted last week that the evidence doesn’t support t...
Apr 11, 2018
Arizona teachers demanding raise protest at schools
PHOENIX - Thousands of Arizona teachers wearing red shirts and carrying signs protested outside more than a thousand schools Wednesday, demanding higher salaries and better school funding. The “...
Apr 11, 2018