Category Archives: Canadian Press
Blue Bombers re-sign offensive lineman Manase Foketi
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed offensive lineman Manase Foketi on Tuesday. The pending free agent was on the reserves for all of 2017 and played in three games for the Blue Bombers in ...
Dec 26, 2017
Garneau makes push for voice, video recorders in locomotives after Amtrak crash
OTTAWA - A deadly derailment on the west coast of the United States this month underlines the need to have voice and video recorders in trains to improve safety on Canada’s rail lines, the trans...
Dec 26, 2017
Suspected Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen kills 25
SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni witnesses and security officials say a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a crowded market has killed at least 25 people, including children. They say Tuesday’s strike in the...
Dec 26, 2017
Liberia votes as soccer star, VP hope to succeed Sirleaf
MONROVIA, Liberia - Young Liberians went straight from all-night Christmas celebrations to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election between a former international soccer star and the country’s vi...
Dec 26, 2017
Feral hog poison field tests in Texas, Alabama in 2018
NEW ORLEANS - Feral swine do more than $1.5 billion a year in damage around the country, and scientists are taking what could be a big step toward controlling them. They are field-testing poison baits...
Dec 26, 2017
France opens judicial probe into tainted baby milk scandal
PARIS - French authorities have launched a judicial probe in a tainted baby milk scandal in which several million products were recalled over fears of salmonella contamination. A judicial official sai...
Dec 26, 2017
Pakistan says Indian forces kill 3 soldiers in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Tuesday that Indian forces killed three of its soldiers near the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region. A military statement said the “unprovoked cease-fire vi...
Dec 26, 2017
Military turns to oyster reefs to protect against storms
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America’s most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the...
Dec 26, 2017
Mourinho moans after draw with Burnley; Kane breaks records
LONDON - Spending is the reason Manchester City is speeding clear of Manchester United in the English Premier League race, according to Jose Mourinho. After salvaging a 2-2 draw against Burnley on Tue...
Dec 26, 2017
Toddler is found safe in abandoned car that had been stolen in southwestern Ontario
FERGUS, Ont. - Police in southwestern Ontario say a toddler has been found safe after a car was stolen with the child still in it on Christmas Day. Ontario Provincial Police say a man and his accompli...
Dec 26, 2017