Category Archives: Canadian Press
Swiss Alps avalanche leaves 3 dead, 2 injured near glacier
BERLIN - Swiss police say three skiers have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps and two others have been taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police in Valais canton (state) say the avalanche ...
Apr 1, 2018
4-story hotel collapses in central India, killing 10
NEW DELHI - A four-story rickety hotel building collapsed in central India, killing at least 10 people and injuring three, police said Sunday. Rescuers working through the night with sledgehammers and...
Apr 1, 2018
Small number of rebels start to leave Syria's Douma
BEIRUT - A rebel faction trapped by Syrian government forces outside the capital agreed to evacuate to northern Syria on Sunday as talks continued over lifting the siege against the town of Douma, whe...
Apr 1, 2018
Quebec's future in flux as six-month countdown to provincial election begins
MONTREAL - If current polling projections hold, Canadians could be reintroduced to a political reality in Quebec not seen since the late 1960s - a party other than the federalist Liberals or the sover...
Apr 1, 2018
It's white roses, peonies and foxgloves for UK royal wedding
LONDON - The royal wedding will take place among white garden roses, peonies and foxgloves, set off by branches of beech, birch and hornbeam. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have chosen a self-taught L...
Apr 1, 2018
Russia asks chemical weapons agency for answers in spy case
MOSCOW - The Russian Foreign Ministry asked the international agency that monitors chemical weapons for information Sunday about the investigation of the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daug...
Apr 1, 2018
Siberian governor resigns after devastating mall fire
MOSCOW - The Kremlin says the governor of the Siberian region where a shopping centre fire killed 64 people has resigned. The statement Sunday said Aman Tuleyev had offered his resignation and that it...
Apr 1, 2018
Sen. Warren says administration 'chaos' harming Asia policy
BEIJING - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says chaos in the Trump administration is harming its ability to formulate coherent policy toward North Korea’s nuclear program and other important issues in...
Apr 1, 2018
Family of man killed by police joins rally for reform
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The family of Stephon Clark joined hundreds of people at a rally urging California’s capital city not to let his memory or calls for police reform fade nearly two weeks afte...
Apr 1, 2018
Catholics celebrate Easter in ancient Jerusalem church
JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Christians are marking Easter by flocking to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the site where they believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. W...
Apr 1, 2018