Category Archives: Canadian Press
Funding drive for father of Quebec baby after mother killed by car
QUEBEC - A funding drive for the father of a baby born shortly after her mother was fatally struck by a car had collected about $30,000 as of Thursday evening. Marie-Pier Gagne, 27, was 40 weeks pregn...
Aug 12, 2016

Montreal blacksmiths teaching ancient techniques face eviction
MONTREAL - In between a downtown expressway and a towering grain silo along Montreal’s historic Lachine Canal lies a 130-year-old, grey limestone one-storey structure housing ambitious blacksmit...
Aug 12, 2016

Montreal blacksmiths teaching ancient techniques face eviction
MONTREAL - In between a downtown expressway and a towering grain silo along Montreal’s historic Lachine Canal lies a 130-year-old, grey limestone one-storey structure housing ambitious blacksmit...
Aug 12, 2016

Tamil former refugees rescued off Newfoundland make emotional return
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A handful of Tamil refugees who were found starving and nearly without hope aboard open lifeboats 30 years ago off Newfoundland returned Thursday to visit the rescuers who hel...
Aug 12, 2016

Tamil former refugees rescued off Newfoundland make emotional return
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A handful of Tamil refugees who were found starving and nearly without hope aboard open lifeboats 30 years ago off Newfoundland returned Thursday to visit the rescuers who hel...
Aug 12, 2016
No evidence Trump provided child care services for employees
NEW YORK - When Donald Trump vowed this week to make child care more accessible and affordable, it was just the second time during his White House campaign that he’s talked about an issue that a...
Aug 12, 2016

AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly calls Obama 'founder' of IS
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump says President Barack Obama is the “founder” of the Islamic State group. He’s not, of course. According to the GOP presidential nominee, Obama’s decis...
Aug 12, 2016
UN: 100,000 displaced as Iraqi forces poise for Mosul battle
IRBIL, Iraq - The U.N. refugee agency says more than 100,000 people have been displaced as Iraqi forces clear territory ahead of the critical battle for Islamic State-held Mosul - a dire statistic rai...
Aug 12, 2016
UK teen girl who went to IS area of Syria reported killed
LONDON - One of three London schoolgirls who travelled to an area controlled by the Islamic State group in Syria to become “jihadi brides” is believed to have been killed in an air strike,...
Aug 12, 2016
Blast, gunfire, rock Philippine jail, leaving 10 dead
MANILA, Philippines - A blast from a suspected grenade and gunshots rocked a Philippine jail, leaving 10 inmates dead, including two alleged Chinese drug criminals, officials said Friday. The warden w...
Aug 12, 2016