Category Archives: Canadian Press

Parliament resumes with government facing tough choices, stagnant economy
OTTAWA - Now for the hard part. After 10 months of a prolonged honeymoon, consultations on dozens of difficult issues and soaring rhetoric that suggested anything is possible, Justin Trudeau’s L...
Sep 18, 2016
Libya says attacks on 2 key oil terminals repelled
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan officials say troops loyal to the internationally recognized parliament have repelled an attack on two key oil terminals. They said Sunday’s attackers briefly seized the...
Sep 18, 2016
Quebec teens arrested after allegedly planning to kill acquaintances
SAINT HYACINTHE, Pq - Two Quebec teens have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and assault in an alleged plot against three of their peers. The suspects, ages 14 and 16, were arrested in Sa...
Sep 18, 2016
Resignation of chief statistician was months in the making: documents
OTTAWA - Canada’s chief statistician was warned three months before his surprising resignation last week that a showdown with the federal government was inevitable as the agency pushed for more ...
Sep 18, 2016
Village police chief in spotlight of Ohio's heroin battle
NEWTOWN, Ohio - The veteran police chief in a bucolic Ohio village, where the last murder was two decades ago and he can just about count the number of drug cases on both hands, finds himself in the s...
Sep 18, 2016

Sex attack survivor's lawsuit raises questions over police warnings
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - She was finishing her last college exams, the Christmas season stretching before her, when she went out for a Saturday night in downtown St. John’s with friends. What sh...
Sep 18, 2016
FBI investigates Minnesota stabbings as possible terror act
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people at a Minnesota shopping mall, reportedly asking one victim if he or she was Muslim before an off-duty police officer shot and...
Sep 18, 2016
In Florida, a shifting Cuban vote could be the difference
MIAMI - Francis Suarez comes from a long line of civic and political leaders who have formed the Republican bedrock in south Florida’s Cuban community for a half century. Yet the 38-year-old Mia...
Sep 18, 2016

In Florida, a shifting Cuban vote could be the difference
MIAMI - Francis Suarez comes from a long line of civic and political leaders who have formed the Republican bedrock in south Florida’s Cuban community for a half-century. Yet the 38-year-old Mia...
Sep 18, 2016
Olive oil helps free man stuck in jetty while fetching phone
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - A man who got stuck head-first between two rocks on a Rhode Island jetty while trying to retrieve his cellphone has been rescued with the help of olive oil. WJAR-TV reports (http:...
Sep 18, 2016