Category Archives: Canadian Press
Turkey says 3 troops killed in Syrian government airstrike
ISTANBUL - Three Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Syria in what the Turkish military said was a pre-dawn Syrian airstrike on Thursday, an account disputed by Syrian activists, who said the sol...
Nov 24, 2016
Germany's Lufthansa cancels 912 flights in pilot strike
BERLIN - German airline Lufthansa says it has cancelled 912 flights on Thursday as pilots strike for a second day in a long-running dispute over wages. Lufthansa said Thursday that since the strikes w...
Nov 24, 2016
PM Trudeau in Africa recognizes different pace in respecting human rights
MONROVIA, Liberia - Africa and the rest of the world will never achieve peace and stability without empowering women and girls - and encouraging men to support them, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said...
Nov 24, 2016
Trump's Mexican wall a boon for Israeli security company
YEHUD, Israel - The Israeli company that has built high-tech fences along the country’s volatile borders is now trying to build a bridge to the Trump administration - hoping to use its experienc...
Nov 23, 2016
Chinese rights activist who lobbied for lawyers is missing
BEIJING - The wife of one of China’s most prominent human rights campaigners said Thursday that he had disappeared during a trip to visit relatives of a detained rights lawyer. Jiang Tianyong, a...
Nov 23, 2016
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games NHL Montreal 2 Carolina 1 Ottawa 3 Boston 1 — NFL Detroit 16 Minnesota 13 Dallas 31 Washington 26 Pittsburgh 28 Indianapolis 7 — The Canadian Press
Nov 23, 2016
Aussie clad only in underpants leads police to crash suspect
BRISBANE, Australia - A bystander dressed only in underpants helped police arrest an unlicensed driver who allegedly crashed a car into an Australian takeout restaurant on Thursday then fled. Daniel M...
Nov 23, 2016
McDavid has 3 points in 3rd as Oilers beat Avalanche 6-3
DENVER - Connor McDavid tried to sneak one in off Semyon Varlamov in the second period, but the Colorado goalie was too quick. The budding Edmonton star got the better of Varlamov early in the third a...
Nov 23, 2016
Canucks roll past Coyotes with 3-goal second period
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Vancouver Canucks weren’t going to let a pair of three-goal leads slip away in the same week. After blowing a big advantage in an overtime loss to Chicago on Saturday, the ...
Nov 23, 2016
Anti-poverty groups calls on Liberals to make immediate changes to child benefit
OTTAWA - An anti-poverty group is calling on the federal government to make a small change to its key measure to combat child poverty rates to ensure families aren’t left behind as the cost of l...
Nov 23, 2016