Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hezbollah leader supports Trump's claim that US created IS
BEIRUT - Donald Trump has found at least one supporter for his allegation that the U.S. administration founded the Islamic State group. The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group quoted Tr...
Aug 13, 2016
Arpaio won't take blame for failed case against Flake's son
PHOENIX - The sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix refused during a recent deposition to accept responsibility for bringing a failed animal cruelty case against the college-age son of a U.S. senator over t...
Aug 13, 2016

Report: Ferris wheel that dropped girls had worn out rivets
NASHVILLE - Worn out rivet fasteners on a Ferris wheel are being blamed for an overturned gondola at an eastern Tennessee fair that earlier this week sent three girls plummeting more than 30 feet to t...
Aug 13, 2016
Victories against IS leave Iraq's Sunni heartland shattered
AMIRIYAH AL-FALLUJAH, Iraq - As Iraqi political and military attention shifts north in the fight against the Islamic State group, the military victories that have put Iraqi forces on Mosul’s doo...
Aug 13, 2016
Robert De Niro compares Trump with "Taxi Driver" character
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Robert De Niro says Donald Trump is like the main character of the legendary 1976 movie “Taxi Driver,” the mentally disturbed Travis Bickle. “What he has been sayi...
Aug 13, 2016
A-Rod released by Yankees, who owe him $27 million more
NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez has been unconditionally released by the New York Yankees, ending his 12 years in pinstripes and perhaps his big league career after 22 seasons. New York’s move Saturda...
Aug 13, 2016

At 93, legendary climber Fred Beckey still plotting routes
SEATTLE - He’s notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plott...
Aug 13, 2016

At 93, legendary climber Fred Beckey still plotting routes
SEATTLE - He’s notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plott...
Aug 13, 2016
What Trump and Clinton didn't say in their economic speeches
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spelled out their economic visions in high-profile speeches in Michigan this week. They delved into taxes and regulations, trade deals and job growth. Yet...
Aug 13, 2016

MacLennan repeats as Canada wins medal of each colour on Day 7 of Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rosie MacLennan’s historic defence of her Olympic trampoline title highlighted a three-medal day for Canada on Friday at the Rio Games. MacLennan delivered an impressive mix of ...
Aug 13, 2016