Category Archives: Canadian Press
1 soldier killed, 7 injured in Fort Bragg training exercise
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A training exercise involving demolitions killed one special operations soldier and injured seven others at the Army’s largest base Thursday, just a day after 15 Marines were ...
Sep 14, 2017

Rights group says millions in Syria school aid goes missing
BEIRUT - Governments and aid agencies have been unable to account for millions of dollars in school aid for Syrian refugees, frustrating efforts to meet schooling needs for children in Lebanon, Jordan...
Sep 14, 2017

Mattis' message: US is not intimidated by North Korea
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - He inspected a mock-up nuclear warhead, but there was no Kim Jong Un lookalike posing for photographs. He chatted with nuclear missile launch officers in their underground...
Sep 14, 2017

Trump delivers shock rebuke to Colombia over cocaine surge
BOGOTA - U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening that he may decertify Colombia as a partner in the war against drugs unless the South American nation reverses a record surge in cocaine production....
Sep 14, 2017

Tall tail: Record-setting cats share home near Detroit
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - Here’s a very tall tail: Two record-setting cats are living together near Detroit. Arcturus Aldebaran Powers holds the Guinness World Records mark for tallest domestic ...
Sep 14, 2017
Play scrapped at rain-hit women's major, will start Friday
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Rain and strong winds have forced Thursday’s play to be scrapped at the final women’s golf major of the season, which will start afresh on Friday as a 54-hole eve...
Sep 14, 2017

Russian leader: Doping won't keep athletes out of Olympics
LIMA, Peru - If the Russians are worried about missing the upcoming Winter Olympics, one of their key leaders certainly isn’t showing it. Alexander Zhukov, a Russian member of the International ...
Sep 14, 2017
ESPN Radio host Russillo pays fine after arrest in Wyoming
JACKSON, Wyo. - ESPN Radio host Ryen Russillo has paid a $250 fine for drunkenly wandering into a stranger’s apartment in the Wyoming resort town of Jackson. The Jackson Hole News & Guide re...
Sep 14, 2017
Bear spray, stun gun used in alleged road rage incident in Ontario
BARRIE, Ont. - An Ontario police force is looking for help finding a man they allege used bear spray and a stun gun in a case of road rage. Barrie police say two men had been driving on Highway 400 on...
Sep 14, 2017

Policy says U.S. will not defend Canada from ballistic missile attack: General
OTTAWA - Current U.S. policy directs the American military not to defend Canada if it is targeted in a ballistic missile attack, says the top Canadian officer at the North American Aerospace Defence C...
Sep 14, 2017