Category Archives: Canadian Press
Froome poised to win his 1st Spanish Vuelta title
ALTO DE L’ANGLIRU, Spain - Chris Froome effectively sealed his first Spanish Vuelta title after maintaining the overall lead on the final competitive stage of the grand tour on Saturday. Froome ...
Sep 09, 2017
Minnesota university teaches philosophy through Harry Potter
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Minnesota university is mixing the magical world of Harry Potter into philosophy teachings. St. Cloud State University professor Carolyn Hartz is applying Aristotle’s work on ...
Sep 09, 2017

Irma is looking more and more Tampa-bound, forecasters say
Hurricane Irma is making its slow fateful right turn that will put it on a collision course with Florida’s west coast Sunday as forecasts are locking in on a path that includes the Keys, southwe...
Sep 09, 2017

At The Turn: U.S. golf gear website GlobalGolf.com sets up shop in Canada
OTTAWA - When it comes to winning over Canadian golfers, it helps to know someone. Ed Byman has that covered. Try this on for bona fides: Byman - a former PGA Tour player and veteran of the Canadian T...
Sep 09, 2017
Be wary of 'virtue signalling', push good policy instead, Conservatives told
WINNIPEG - Don’t just oppose. Instead, propose. That’s the political plan ahead for the Conservatives this fall, and there’s a reason Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer is going to repe...
Sep 09, 2017

Controversy in Quebec as more French students choose English college
MONTREAL - Simon Berube loves Quebec, its culture, French language and people, but he and his parents decided the best thing he could do for his future was to enrol in one of the province’s Engl...
Sep 09, 2017
305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island’s northwestern coast. Anothe...
Sep 09, 2017

Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-years old tomb in Luxor
LUXOR, Egypt - Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery in the southern city of Luxor of a pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago and whose work was dedicat...
Sep 09, 2017
Death toll now at 90 as aftershocks rattle southern Mexico
JUCHITAN, Mexico - Life for many has moved outdoors in the quake-shocked city of Juchitan, where a third of the homes are reported uninhabitable and repeated aftershocks have scared people away from m...
Sep 09, 2017
Spain wildfire forces evacuation of 500 residents
MADRID - Authorities in southern Spain say they are fighting a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of 500 residents from at least seven towns in the province of Seville. Rosa Aguilar, the regional...
Sep 09, 2017