Category Archives: Canadian Press
Well-known Moscow journalist stabbed by attacker; in coma
MOSCOW - A well-known journalist for Russia’s top independent radio station was stabbed in the throat Monday by an attacker who burst into her studio - the latest in a string of attacks on journ...
Oct 23, 2017
Bears killed after biting, scratching two people in Mission, B.C.
MISSION, B.C. - Two people have been injured by a bear that broke into a home in Mission, B.C. Murray Smith with the provincial Conservation Officer Service says a Mission resident heard a commotion i...
Oct 23, 2017
Senate advances $36.5 billion disaster relief package
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday gave a preliminary OK to a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would provide Puerto Rico with a much-needed infusion of cash and keep the federal flood insura...
Oct 23, 2017
Donors pledge $228M in new funds for UN's Rohingya appeal
GENEVA - U.N. humanitarian agencies said a pledging conference held Monday raised $228 million in new funds to aid Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as governments and international organizations chipp...
Oct 23, 2017
UK's Johnson urges North Korea to 'change course' on nukes
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Monday that nobody wants armed conflict over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, but that U.S. President Donald Trump is right to keep the opti...
Oct 23, 2017
Catalan parliament to respond to Spain's planned takeover
BARCELONA, Spain - Catalonia’s regional parliament plans to hold a debate this week on the Spanish prime minister’s plan to take direct control of the region - a session many fear could le...
Oct 23, 2017
Nova Scotia vineyards flourish, for now, as temperatures grow warmer
HALIFAX - The skies have been brilliant blue in Nova Scotia wine country this October, the vines heavy with grapes, and winemakers like Sean Sears are seeing crops they could only vaguely hope for in ...
Oct 23, 2017
Politics on display as Letterman receives Mark Twain Prize
WASHINGTON - David Letterman was never known as a particularly political comedian, preferring a detached irony-drenched tone that favoured the surreal and silly over topical humour. But there was an u...
Oct 23, 2017
Afghan officials: Taliban kill 4 police; rockets hit Kabul
KABUL - An Afghan official says a Taliban attack has killed four policemen in southern Ghazni province. In Kabul, two rockets fired from the east of the Afghan capital hit inside the city but caused n...
Oct 23, 2017
Businesses appeal for Brexit transition as UK, EU deny leak
LONDON - Britain’s biggest business groups called on the government Monday to quickly agree to a transition period of at least two years following the country’s exit from the European Unio...
Oct 23, 2017