Category Archives: Canadian Press
Nevada becomes one of Trump's big hopes for swing state win
LAS VEGAS - Russ Wheeler bears the financial scars of Nevada’s lost decade, and he hopes Donald Trump can heal them. He worked for a Las Vegas roofing company when the real estate bust crushed t...
Aug 27, 2016
You talkin' to me? English no longer a must for NYC cabbies
NEW YORK - People who hope to drive New York City’s famous yellow cabs must pass tests on such details as driving rules and where they can pick up passengers. But one test they no longer have to...
Aug 27, 2016
Does China still harvest organs of executed? Doctors divided
BEIJING - A Canadian patient’s receipt of a kidney transplant after waiting just three days during a recent visit to China raised an immediate red flag among surgeons at the Montreal-based Trans...
Aug 27, 2016
Veterans help fill gaps in refugee school projects in Iraq
CONCORD, N.H. - A non-profit group with New Hampshire roots is putting a new spin on back-to-school shopping by helping equip 10 classrooms for refugee children in Iraq. TentED was created in 2014 by ...
Aug 27, 2016

Jays recall right-hander Schultz from triple-A Buffalo, designate lefty Loup
TORONTO - Right-handed reliever Bo Schultz was recalled by the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday from triple-A Buffalo. Lefty Aaron Loup, who gave up three earned runs on Friday in Toronto’s 15-8 wi...
Aug 27, 2016
Bangladesh police kill 3, including Canadian suspect in Dhaka attack
NEW DELHI - Police in Bangladesh killed three suspected militants Saturday, including a man they identified as a Canadian accused of masterminding a deadly attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month. Top co...
Aug 27, 2016
Little precedent for $400 million cash payment to Iran
WASHINGTON - A $400 million cash delivery to Iran to repay a decades-old arbitration claim may be unprecedented in recent U.S. history, according to legal experts and diplomatic historians, raising fu...
Aug 27, 2016
UK broadcaster shuts down for hour, asks viewers to exercise
LONDON - One of Britain’s leading broadcasters has blacked out its programs for an hour in hopes of spurring viewers to get some exercise. ITV shut down broadcasts on several of its channels Sat...
Aug 27, 2016
Ex-wife says Trump campaign CEO made anti-Semitic remarks
LOS ANGELES - An ex-wife of Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO, Stephen Bannon, said Bannon made anti-Semitic remarks when the two battled over sending their daughters to private school nearly a de...
Aug 27, 2016
Kaine's wife, Anne Holton, no stranger to political stage
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Anne Holton first stepped into the spotlight in 1970 as a white student enrolling in a predominantly black middle school in Virginia’s capital as part of a push for school int...
Aug 27, 2016