Category Archives: Canadian Press
The Latest: Britain misses out on medal shot in track relay
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 1:30 a.m. Don’t think the United States is the only squad with disqualification problems. Britain was...
Aug 19, 2016
Tropical Storm Kay forms in Pacific off Mexico's coast
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Kay has formed in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico. The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Friday are near 40 mph (65 kph) with no significant change in strength exp...
Aug 19, 2016

China tightens control of online news after sensitive gaffes
BEIJING - The Chinese government is holding chief editors of news websites personally liable for content, months after several portals posted material that was seen as embarrassing to President Xi Jin...
Aug 19, 2016
More Californians refusing to evacuate despite fire danger
FONTANA, Calif. - A wildfire quickly turned into an inferno and within hours had ravaged pine forests near the California ski town of Wrightwood - but only half of its more than 4,500 residents heeded...
Aug 19, 2016
Ministers to bunk in dorms during cabinet retreat at Sudbury's Laurentian U
OTTAWA - After shelling out almost half a million dollars for Justin Trudeau to hole up with his 30 ministers at two different luxury resorts, taxpayers will get a break this weekend when the prime mi...
Aug 19, 2016

In spite of email controversy, Clinton holds edge over Trump
NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton can’t seem to escape her use of a private email server as she runs for president. But faced with the choice of Donald Trump, voters seem willing to tolerate the questi...
Aug 19, 2016
Oregon buzz: Pot plants at state fair in a 1st for the US
SALEM, Ore. - Nine living marijuana plants will be displayed at the Oregon State Fair in a first of its kind event for the United States starting next Friday. The exhibit of the non-flowering, immatur...
Aug 19, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Aug. 19
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: VIA PONDERS CHEAP FARES IN B.C. VIA Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and community groups to offe...
Aug 19, 2016
Kurdi says haunting photo of Syrian boy risks prolonging Middle Eastern conflict
VANCOUVER - The aunt of a Syrian toddler who was shown in a haunting photo lying lifeless on a beach says the photograph this week of a bloody boy pulled from a collapsed building in Aleppo is heartbr...
Aug 19, 2016
Mural festival brings bright, massive paintings to Vancouver streets
VANCOUVER - An east Vancouver neighbourhood has gotten increasingly colourful lately, but the people behind dozens of new murals in the area say the art is about more than beautifying empty walls. Mor...
Aug 19, 2016