Category Archives: Canadian Press
A look at the women making allegations against Trump
A number of women have come forward recently to say they were assaulted, groped or kissed without consent by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Several have said they were moved to go publi...
Oct 15, 2016
Jays replace ailing Travis on roster after knee injury flares up in Cleveland
CLEVELAND - The Toronto Blue Jays replaced the ailing Devon Travis on their roster with Justin Smoak on Saturday, meaning the second baseman/leadoff hitter is done for the season Travis, who has been ...
Oct 15, 2016
Auston Matthews' home debut highlights busy Saturday for Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Saturday evening will carry with it plenty of anticipation for Toronto sports fans. Not only will the Toronto Blue Jays play Game 2 of the American League Championship Series in Cleveland (t...
Oct 15, 2016
Sign of times? New skis: Left 1 Clinton, right 1 Trump
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Here’s a sure sign the 2016 presidential campaign has gone downhill: A Vermont ski maker is out with a new pair featuring Hillary Clinton imagery on the left ski and Donald Tru...
Oct 15, 2016
2 more N Carolina deaths raise Matthew's US death toll to 43
RALEIGH, N.C. - Searchers found two more bodies inside vehicles that were submerged in flood waters in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, increasing the toll in the state to 26 dead, Gov. Pat McCr...
Oct 15, 2016
Winnipeg is in a costly battle against erosion and riverbank failure
WINNIPEG - Brian Evans has a front-row seat to the slow but steady, and seemingly unstoppable, erosion that is eating away at Winnipeg’s riverbanks. The shoreline of his property on the Red Rive...
Oct 15, 2016
Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases
KIGALI, Rwanda - Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal, announced Saturday morning after all-night negotiations, to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major ...
Oct 15, 2016
Trade, Tories and Trump: three ways politics touched Canadians this week
Ottawa was sleepy and mostly congenial all week long - at least until Friday - with most MPs back in their ridings after Thanksgiving and cabinet ministers off cutting ribbons in far-flung places. Pol...
Oct 15, 2016
24 killed in stampede ahead of Hindu ceremony in India
LUCKNOW, India - At least 24 people were killed and 20 others injured in a stampede that occurred as they were crossing a crowded bridge to reach a Hindu religious ceremony in northern India on Saturd...
Oct 15, 2016
Saudi-led coalition blames Yemeni party for funeral bombing
CAIRO - A Saudi-led coalition on Saturday blamed “wrong information” for the bombing last weekend of a packed funeral hall in the rebel-held Yemeni capital that killed at least 140 people ...
Oct 15, 2016