Category Archives: Canadian Press
Census figures show drop in Detroit poverty rate
DETROIT - Fewer people are living in poverty in Detroit, although the former car and manufacturing giant still has the highest rate among the nation’s 20 largest cities, according to updated cen...
Sep 14, 2017

US nuke commander 'assumes' North Koreans tested H-bomb
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - The top commander of U.S. nuclear forces said Thursday he assumes the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was a hydrogen bomb, suggesting a heightened U.S. concern that t...
Sep 14, 2017
Coast Guard: Most fuel spilled from tank farm unrecoverable
Less than 20 per cent of a 461,000-gallon (1.7-million-litre) gasoline spill in Texas during Hurricane Harvey was recovered by the company responsible, while the rest evaporated or soaked into the gro...
Sep 14, 2017
Equifax victims may face another hassle in buying an iPhone
NEW YORK - Apple fans who froze their credit after the Equifax data breach may end up with another hassle on their hands if they try to get one of the new iPhones that can cost more than $1,000. Peopl...
Sep 14, 2017

WWII remains on Pacific island identified as Michigan man
DETROIT - A Michigan airman whose plane crashed during World War II has been identified among the remains recently discovered on a Pacific Ocean island, the U.S. government said Thursday. The Detroit-...
Sep 14, 2017
Trump renews talk of 'bad dudes' opposing white supremacists
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump repeated Thursday that he thought there were “bad dudes” among the people who assembled to oppose a white nationalist protest in Virginia, a day after t...
Sep 14, 2017

Industry panel recommends roll back of aviation safety rules
WASHINGTON - An influential industry committee recommended Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration eliminate or scale back dozens of safety rules, including one on airline pilot qualificatio...
Sep 14, 2017
Reports: China orders bitcoin exchanges to shut down
BEIJING - Regulators have ordered Chinese bitcoin exchanges to close, two business newspapers reported Thursday, after uncertainty about the digital currency’s future in China caused its price t...
Sep 14, 2017
Judge: Have politicians, not court, settle immigration issue
NEW YORK - A judge said Thursday he’d prefer that politicians in Washington, not the courts, settle the issue of what to do about thousands of immigrants brought into the United States illegally...
Sep 14, 2017

Miner digs up fossilized skull of extinct 'monster' muskox in Yukon
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - An ancient “monster” muskox skull has been uncovered by a miner working near Dawson City, Yukon. The Klondike Placer Miners’ Association said Stuart Schmidt was ...
Sep 14, 2017