Category Archives: Canadian Press
House votes to avert federal shutdown, Senate chances dim
WASHINGTON - On the edge of a government shutdown, a divided House voted late Thursday to keep the government open past a Friday deadline - setting up an eleventh-hour standoff in the Senate, where De...
Jan 18, 2018
Authorities remind people to eat food, rather than detergent pods
Canadian authorities are warning people to stop eating laundry detergent pods, a strange and dangerous online trend that has resulted in more than 40 hospitalizations in North America. In a statement ...
Jan 18, 2018
Powerful gale lashes Europe, 7 dead amid traffic chaos
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A powerful storm pummeled Europe with high winds and snow Thursday, killing at least seven people in three countries, grounding flights, halting trains, ripping roofs off buil...
Jan 18, 2018
Emirates throws Airbus A380 a lifeline with $16 billion deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Middle East’s largest airline, Emirates, is throwing Airbus a lifeline for its troubled A380 jumbo jet. The carrier said Thursday it struck a deal with Airbus t...
Jan 18, 2018
Bouchard joins Raonic on sidelines of Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Three of Canada’s top tennis stars have now been eliminated from the Australian Open tennis tournament. The latest was unseeded Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., who fe...
Jan 18, 2018
Human Rights Watch: Trump era encourages world's strongmen
PARIS - Human Rights Watch said Thursday that new intolerance in countries like the U.S. is encouraging oppressive strongmen around the world. In an annual report assessing the state of human rights a...
Jan 18, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 18
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 18 --- FAMILY OF GIRL WHO CLAIMED HIJAB ASSAULT APOLOGIZES The family of a Toronto girl has apologized for the “pain and anger” that resulted fro...
Jan 18, 2018
Political pachyderms: Save the Elephants turns to Trudeau for latest name
OTTAWA - Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is hanging out with some heavy hitters these days - names like Michelle Obama and Martha Washington. She eats fruit and tree bark, and spends her time caring for her n...
Jan 18, 2018
U.K. 'loneliness minister' puts spotlight on issue Canada also needs to tackle
VANCOUVER - The appointment of a minister of loneliness in the United Kingdom to tackle social isolation is an acknowledgment of a problem Canadian experts say needs to be addressed here as well. B.C....
Jan 18, 2018
Day 8 of Lac-Megantic deliberations comes and goes with no verdict
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Day 8 of jury deliberations at the Lac-Megantic criminal negligence trial came and went without a verdict Thursday. There was no news from the 12 jurors for a second straight day an...
Jan 18, 2018