Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex-diplomat who worked on Trudeau's Hong Kong visit detained in China
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has contacted Chinese authorities about the detention of a sometime Canadian diplomat in China at a time of intensifying tensions between the...
Dec 11, 2018
4 journalists and a newspaper are Time's Person of the Year
NEW YORK - Time magazine on Tuesday recognized journalists, including the slain Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as its 2018 Person of the Year in what it said was an effort to emphasize the importanc...
Dec 11, 2018
UK's May hits narrowing road for help rescuing Brexit deal
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Theresa May said she found “a shared determination” among some European leaders Tuesday to persuade the British Parliament to accept a proposed Brexit deal, but h...
Dec 11, 2018
The cost of France's protests running into billions
PARIS - France’s wave of protests and violence over the past month or so has already cost the eurozone’s second-largest economy a fortune. Road blockades, demonstrations and successive wee...
Dec 11, 2018
ESPN signs Jessica Mendoza to multiyear extension
Jessica Mendoza will have more of a presence on various ESPN platforms starting next baseball season. Mendoza signed a multiyear extension with ESPN to remain part of the “Sunday Night Baseball&...
Dec 11, 2018
'Truth isn't truth' tops list of notable quotes in 2018
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The assertion that “truth isn’t truth,” made by a personal attorney for President Donald Trump, tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable q...
Dec 11, 2018
'Bursting point': Booming Halifax courted by multiple sports leagues
HALIFAX - When Halifax Mooseheads players laced up their skates for the first time, the team was a gamble. It was the first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club in the Maritimes, and the city had ju...
Dec 11, 2018
Normalcy restored in Egyptian Sinai city, but danger lurks
EL ARISH, Egypt - Mohammed Amer Shaaban stood over trays of fresh fish at his tiny store in the coastal Sinai Peninsula city of el-Arish, pointing to his right and left while recalling the tough days ...
Dec 11, 2018
Police rip toddler from mother's arms at benefits office
NEW YORK - Outrage built Monday over a video showing police officers violently yanking a toddler from his mother’s arms at a Brooklyn public benefits office, with officials criticizing police fo...
Dec 11, 2018
Hints of Democratic agenda as Google CEO testifies
WASHINGTON - Google CEO Sundar Pichai - and other tech executives who may be watching - got hints Tuesday of what issues they can expect to face as Democrats take control of the House in three weeks. ...
Dec 11, 2018