Category Archives: Canadian Press
Israeli settlement activity appears to surge in Trump era
JERUSALEM - With little resistance from a friendly White House, Israel has launched a new settlement push in the West Bank since President Donald Trump took office, laying the groundwork for what coul...
Jan 02, 2019
Marine from Minnesota shot to death at Washington barracks
WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Minnesota was killed in a shooting at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., his mother said Wednesday. Markelle Kuznia told The Associated Press that the...
Jan 02, 2019
16 of 21 crew members rescued from burning ship near Hawaii
HONOLULU - Good Samaritans on nearby merchant vessels rescued 16 members of the crew of a Panamanian car carrier heading from Japan to Hawaii that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guar...
Jan 02, 2019
Security guards kill armed man at casino-resort, police say
HENDERSON, Nev. - Security guards shot and killed an armed man in a casino-resort Sunday in suburban Las Vegas during a confrontation, police said. The man, whose name was not released, was walking th...
Jan 02, 2019
Toddler hurt falling into rhino exhibit at Florida zoo
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Officials say a 2-year-old girl has been injured after falling into the rhinoceros exhibit at a Florida zoo. Brevard County Fire Rescue officials said the girl was taken to an Orland...
Jan 02, 2019
Hasina's dominating win feared as enabling authoritarianism
DHAKA, Bangladesh - While Sheikh Hasina is set to begin her third consecutive term as Bangladesh’s prime minister following a landslide election victory, critics say having such an overwhelming ...
Jan 02, 2019
Final toll from collapsed Russian building: 39 dead
MOSCOW - After three-and-a-half days of fighting a mountain of concrete, cold weather and time, rescue teams in an industrial Russian city ended a search for people who were inside an apartment buildi...
Jan 02, 2019
Somalia declares UN envoy persona non grata
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somalia’s government has ordered the United Nations envoy to the country to leave, amid questions over the arrest of the al-Shabab extremist group’s former deputy leader w...
Jan 02, 2019
Team Canada's Ian Mitchell and Shane Bowers juggling hockey, academics
VANCOUVER - Before Ian Mitchell could turn his full attention to making Canada’s junior hockey team, he had to finish his final exams. The University of Denver sophomore is one of about two doze...
Jan 02, 2019
'Lots of hugs' as shuttered Cape Breton call centre reopens under new ownership
SYDNEY, N.S. - A shuttered call centre in Cape Breton came back to life Wednesday, weeks after its previous owner abruptly closed the facility and tossed hundreds of people out of work just before the...
Jan 02, 2019