Category Archives: Canadian Press
Group calls for Indonesian forces to stop virginity tests
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s military and police continue to perform abusive virginity tests on female recruits three years after the World Health Organization declared they had no scientifi...
Nov 22, 2017
U of Michigan says safety paramount in possible Spencer talk
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - University of Michigan has opened discussions with a white supremacist Richard Spencer on his request to speak on campus but says there’s no certainty it’ll occur, Presi...
Nov 22, 2017
Lebanese PM puts resignation on hold, in surprise reversal
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri walked back his resignation on Wednesday after weeks of intensive international diplomacy aimed at restoring the delicate political balance that has...
Nov 22, 2017
China, US disaster drills show a shared goal: saving lives
CAMP RILEA ARMED FORCES TRAINING CENTER, Ore. - A man lay on the grass, shivering beneath his bloodstained T-shirt as Chinese military doctors and U.S. Army medics hovered over him, applying a splint ...
Nov 22, 2017
JFK birth centennial ending on assassination anniversary
BROOKLINE, Mass. - A year of events marking the 100th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birth is drawing to a close exactly 54 years after his assassination. National park rangers laid ...
Nov 22, 2017
Uber hack raises disclosure concerns, calls for stronger data protection
The theft of details on millions of Uber customers, and the company’s efforts to cover up the breach, have raised alarms among privacy experts and renewed calls for better data protection laws i...
Nov 22, 2017
German rock star Campino expresses support for Merkel
BERLIN - One of Germany’s most famous rock stars, the frontman of punk band Die Toten Hosen, is throwing his support behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel, calling on her to “hang in ther...
Nov 22, 2017
Lake Louise World Cup kicks off Olympic season for deep Canadian men's ski team
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Manuel Osborne-Paradis was OK with the cancellation of last year’s World Cup in Lake Louise, Alta. The Canadian man who has won the most medals in Lake Louise couldn’t...
Nov 22, 2017
US durable goods orders fell 1.2 per cent in October
WASHINGTON - Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods fell last month for the first time since July, pulled down by plummeting orders for commercial aircraft. A category that tracks business investm...
Nov 22, 2017
Sochi gold medallist among 4 Russians banned for doping
MOSCOW - Two more Russian athletes were stripped of their Olympic medals from the 2014 Sochi Games on Wednesday, leaving the United States as the country with the most medals. Four Russians, all skele...
Nov 22, 2017