Category Archives: Canadian Press
PM urges Liberals to focus on goals of climate change, growing middle-class
SAGUENAY, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cautioned his Liberal MPs on Thursday to resist resting on their laurels now that they have formed government, and to avoid becoming too distracted by th...
Aug 25, 2016
Accidental overdoses killed 8 people a day in Ohio last year
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Accidental drug overdoses killed 3,050 people in Ohio last year, an average of eight per day, as deaths blamed on the powerful painkiller fentanyl again rose sharply and pushed the to...
Aug 25, 2016
Ex-NFL-star Sharper gets 20 years in Louisiana rape case
NEW ORLEANS - Making clear that she thought the sentence was a light one, a Louisiana judge Thursday formally imposed a 20-year prison sentence on former NFL star Darren Sharper, who last week was sen...
Aug 25, 2016
Blatter says he will accept verdict as CAS appeal begins
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived for his appeal hearing against a six-year ban from football on Thursday, pledging to accept the verdict of the Court of Arbitration f...
Aug 25, 2016
Putin calls ban on Russia's Paralympic team inhumane
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked the ban on his country from the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics as immoral and inhumane on Thursday, while six Russian athletes launched a bid to compete ...
Aug 25, 2016
Quake damages scores of Myanmar's heritage Bagan temples
BAGAN, Myanmar - It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan b...
Aug 25, 2016
Serbia police find 34 migrants in a Belgrade house
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbian police say they have arrested a man after finding 34 migrants in his house in a Belgrade suburb. Police said Thursday that the man is suspected of people smuggling for alleg...
Aug 25, 2016
Rain from storm causes rivers to surge in Dominican Republic
MIAMI - Rivers surged across a large section of the Dominican Republic on Thursday as a broad area of low pressure headed east to the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas, officials said. The U.S....
Aug 25, 2016
Seoul: Surviving sexual slavery victims will receive $90,000
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Surviving South Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military in World War II will be eligible to receive around 100 million won (about $90,000...
Aug 25, 2016
Orders for US durable goods rebounded in July
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods surged in July, lifted in part by the biggest increase in orders in a key investment category since January. Orders for durable ...
Aug 25, 2016