Category Archives: Canadian Press
Murdoch's 21st Century Fox gets Sky backing for bid
LONDON - Rupert Murdoch took a big step toward consolidating his power base in British media after his U.S. media group Twenty-First Century Fox agreed Thursday to buy the shares it doesn’t alre...
Dec 15, 2016
A Trump bump? American refugee claims in Canada increased last month
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking refugee status in Canada has experienced a significant bump this year, increasing more than five times in November 2016 from the same period a year earlier...
Dec 15, 2016
Nova Scotia surplus tightens to $12.1 million on shrinking revenues
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s finance minister says the provincial surplus is shrinking, and there simply isn’t room to sweeten salary offers to the province’s unhappy teachers and civil s...
Dec 15, 2016
Ryan Lochte, fiancee announce pregnancy with underwater pics
Ryan Lochte has jumped in the pool to announce that he and fiancee Kayla Rae Reid are expecting a baby. The Olympic swimmer and the former Playboy model shared pictures on Instagram of Lochte under wa...
Dec 15, 2016
Bomb in teashop explodes in Somalia's capital, killing 6
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A bomb hidden inside a teashop in Somalia’s capital exploded Thursday, killing four soldiers and two civilians, a Somali military official said. The attack followed a suicid...
Dec 15, 2016
Report: Beijing adds weapons to South China Sea islands
BEIJING - China appears to have installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea, a U.S. security think-tank says, upping the stakes ...
Dec 15, 2016
Miss Canada speaks out on China human rights
WASHINGTON - Poised but defiant, Miss Canada will be vying for more than the winner’s tiara when she competes in the annual Miss World pageant in Washington this weekend. Anastasia Lin wants to ...
Dec 15, 2016
From Trump and his new team, mixed signals on climate change
WASHINGTON - He brushed off climate change as a Chinese hoax, then called it the real deal and finally declared that “nobody really knows.” Donald Trump is sending mixed signals on whether...
Dec 15, 2016
Offshore oil disaster in Azerbaijan leaves 1 dead, 9 missing
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani oil officials say one worker has been killed and nine others are missing after part of their offshore oil installation broke off in strong winds. The state oil company, ...
Dec 15, 2016
Trudeau details Ottawa's 'two tracks' towards resetting indigenous relationship
Ottawa must follow two separate tracks in its reconciliation efforts with indigenous people, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: taking broader, long-term steps to rebuild the relationship, while also...
Dec 15, 2016