Category Archives: Canadian Press
Barbara Blaine, founder of abuse victims group SNAP, dies
CHICAGO - Barbara Blaine, the founder and former president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, has died. She was 61. The organization known as SNAP announced on its Facebook page that...
Sep 25, 2017
Attack in north Mali kills 3 peacekeepers
TIMBUKTU, Mali - Three U.N. peacekeepers were killed and five others wounded in Mail during an attack on a convoy, the United Nations mission in the African nation said. A U.N. official said the convo...
Sep 25, 2017
Germany: Merkel faces thorny task in building new government
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended an election campaign that left her conservative bloc in first place but significantly weakened as she embarked Monday on what could be a lengthy quest...
Sep 25, 2017
Vatican denounces ousted auditor who says he was forced out
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Sunday revealed the reason behind the hasty departure of its auditor general, accusing him of having illegally hired a firm to spy on the private lives of Vatican personn...
Sep 25, 2017
Republicans make desperate bid to save health care bill
WASHINGTON - Republican opposition to the GOP health care bill swelled to near-fatal numbers Sunday as Sen. Susan Collins all but closed the door on supporting the last-ditch effort to scrap the Obama...
Sep 25, 2017
After 66 million years, creature wins state dinosaur honour
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - It took about 66 million years, but a duck-billed creature has finally won recognition as California’s state dinosaur. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Saturday the signing of a b...
Sep 25, 2017
In quake-torn Mexican town, amputee toils to clear debris
JOJUTLA, Mexico - Hector Rodarte Cedillo, a 27-year-old window washer and candy salesman, lost his right leg below the knee seven years ago when a car ran him over. That hasn’t stopped him from ...
Sep 25, 2017
Puerto Ricans hunt for precious Wi-Fi and cell signals
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Margarita Aponte and her relatives cleared the road in front of her house with two oxen Sunday, then drove an hour from her devastated hometown in central Puerto Rico to the ol...
Sep 25, 2017
'Too many people': Refugee influx worries Bangladesh town
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - On the miles-long beach that makes this Bangladesh’s top tourist destination, thousands of people picnic and splash in the water. There are balloons and cotton ca...
Sep 25, 2017
Bangladesh coastal town a place of Rohingya hope and tragedy
SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh - From a distance you can see elegantly carved wooden boats bob gently in the waters that surround this coastal town at Bangladesh’s southern tip. Across a sliver of ...
Sep 25, 2017