Category Archives: Canadian Press
Jordan water crisis worsens as Mideast tensions slow action
SHARHABIL, Jordan - From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with v...
Oct 31, 2017
Northeast struggling to recover from powerful storm
PORTLAND, Maine - Hundreds of out-of-state reinforcements bolstered utility crews struggling to restore power throughout New England on Tuesday, a day after a powerful storm blew down trees and postpo...
Oct 31, 2017
Fires destroy part of Hewlett-Packard archives
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - California’s deadly wildfires destroyed much of an archive from tech pioneers William Hewlett and David Packard, such as a decades-old memo in which Hewlett proposes designi...
Oct 31, 2017
Family colds postpone heart surgery for Jimmy Kimmel's baby
LOS ANGELES - Follow-up heart surgery for Jimmy Kimmel’s infant son was postponed because of family colds. In a statement Monday, Kimmel’s publicist said that Billy Kimmel’s schedule...
Oct 31, 2017
Tribes in Columbia River Gorge hit by White House decision
SALEM, Ore. - The Trump administration is neglecting the U.S. government’s obligation to build new homes for Indians whose original abodes were submerged by dams along the Columbia River, member...
Oct 31, 2017
Mueller probe of Trump administration enters new phase
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Muller’s charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other aides marked a new phase in his sprawling investigation into Russia and Pr...
Oct 31, 2017
Trump: Aide at centre of Russia probe 'proven to be a liar'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a former campaign aide thrust into the centre of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe “has already proven to be a liar.”...
Oct 31, 2017
Padres hire Canadian Matt Stairs as major league hitting coach
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres hired Canadian Matt Stairs as their major league hitting coach on Monday. Stairs, from Fredericton, N.B., spent this past season as hitting coach for the Philadelphia ...
Oct 31, 2017
5 things to know about Pyeongchang Winter Olympics next year
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s sleepy skiing destination of Pyeongchang finally looks like a Winter Olympics host city after more than a decade of work, two failed bids, and cha...
Oct 31, 2017
Pyeongchang gets Olympic flame ahead of 100-day relay
ATHENS, Greece - The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games on Tuesday, and it will now head off on a 100-day journey across South Korea before the opening ceremony on Fe...
Oct 31, 2017