Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - A pair of senators from President Donald Trump’s own Republican Party blistered him with criticism Tuesday in a dramatic day of denunciation that laid bare a GOP at war with itself....

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration moved toward a condemnation of “ethnic cleansing” against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, as officials were preparing a recommendation for Secretary...

BRUSSELS - European Union chief Donald Tusk warned Tuesday that talks on Britain’s departure from the EU remain the bloc’s toughest test, saying that “it is, in fact, up to London ho...

NEW YORK - For more than 50 years, every American president has been forced to grapple, in one way or another, with the quagmire of the Vietnam War. Now it’s Donald Trump’s turn. The ghost...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military believes someone in a Niger village may have tipped off attackers to the presence of U.S. commandos and Nigerien forces in the area, setting in motion the ambush that ki...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand’s incoming government is hoping to make the nation greener by planting 100 million trees each year, ensuring the electricity grid runs entirely from renewab...

BRUSSELS - Most European Union nations on Tuesday welcomed a breakthrough on so-called posted workers who are often cheap labour from Eastern Europe working temporarily in richer EU countries. The pra...

WASHINGTON - A fallen soldier’s angry widow joined the stormy dispute with President Donald Trump over his response to her husband’s death, declaring that his failure to remember the soldi...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 24 --- FISCAL UPDATE TO BOOST CHILD-POVERTY SPENDING The Trudeau government is expected to announce more money for children and the working poor, along with s...

VANCOUVER - When a massive ice breaker arrives in Victoria’s harbour this week, it will mark the end of a 150-day-long journey exploring Canada’s coastline, communities and future. The tri...