Category Archives: Canadian Press
Springsteen and others focus on election at New Yorker fest
NEW YORK - It didn’t take more than an hour for the annual New Yorker Festival to get down to the elephant in the room: Donald Trump. “You knew we were going there,” the magazineR...
Oct 11, 2016
Art-loving Duchess of Cambridge visits Dutch museum
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The art-loving Duchess of Cambridge is visiting a Dutch museum that is hosting a temporary exhibition of Old Master paintings that may well look familiar. The former Kate Midd...
Oct 11, 2016
Head coach Boucher says speed is key to getting Senators back into playoffs
OTTAWA - With a new general manager and a new head coach, the Ottawa Senators are determined to leave old habits behind as they make a push for the post-season in 2015-16. The Senators made big change...
Oct 11, 2016
Housing starts up in most regions including Quebec; Toronto sees decline
OTTAWA - Canadian residential construction was hotter than expected in September as the pace of housing starts picked up nationally, despite a decline in Ontario. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. sai...
Oct 11, 2016
Analysis: Clinton, Trump tax plans are "mirror images"
SANTA FE, N.M. - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s tax plans are “mirror images” of one another, with the Democrat proposing steep tax hikes on the wealthy while the Republican cand...
Oct 11, 2016
Why do evangelicals prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton?
NEW YORK - Cracks have appeared in evangelical support for Donald Trump over the video of his sexually predatory comments about women. But backing from some of his most high-profile conservative Chris...
Oct 11, 2016
In split, Ryan stumping for House GOP but not for Trump
CHESTER SPRINGS, Pa. - For Paul Ryan, October is now all about protecting the Republican majority of the House - and his own job as speaker. The Wisconsin Republican can’t ignore Donald Trump, h...
Oct 11, 2016
UK report warns of criminals becoming terrorists
LONDON - The lines between terrorism and criminality are becoming blurred as an increasing number of former criminals join the Islamic State group and create a “gangster jihad,” according ...
Oct 11, 2016
Merkel signals support for Ethiopia's protesters in visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - German Chancellor Angela Merkel signalled support for protesters demanding wider freedoms in Ethiopia during a visit to the country on Tuesday, saying “a vibrant civil so...
Oct 11, 2016
Searches after terror plot alert yield nothing in Bangkok
BANGKOK - Police searches on Tuesday yielded no evidence or suspects that would corroborate an intelligence report of possible car bomb attacks in Bangkok and its outskirts, a spokesman said. Police s...
Oct 11, 2016