Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge orders compound suspects remain in federal custody
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered five former residents of a ramshackle New Mexico compound to remain jailed amid accusations that a woman in the group declared herself a prophe...
Sep 13, 2018
Ferocious typhoon plows through rain-soaked Philippines
TUGUEGARAO, Philippines - Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines’ northeastern coast early Saturday, its ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out pow...
Sep 13, 2018
Suu Kyi says handling of Rohingya could have been better
HANOI, Vietnam - In the face of global condemnation, Myanmar’s leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said that the handling of Rohingya Muslims, 700,000 of whom have...
Sep 13, 2018
South Africa uses new tech to fight vicious gun violence
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - As gunshots ring out in one of South Africa’s most dangerous neighbourhoods, a new technology detects the gun’s location and immediately alerts police. South Afri...
Sep 13, 2018

China says Washington asks to resume talks on tariff fight
BEIJING - Washington has invited Beijing to hold new talks on their escalating tariff dispute, the Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday, ahead of a decision by President Donald Trump on whether to r...
Sep 13, 2018

Thousands of Canadians in path of extreme storms: Global Affairs Canada
Global Affairs Canada says thousands of Canadians are in the path of extreme weather expected to hit the U.S. and Southeast Asia. The department says 440 Canadians have registered in areas expected to...
Sep 13, 2018
A CBS network shaped by Moonves is challenged without him
NEW YORK - For the past two decades, CBS may just as well have been called the Moonves Broadcasting System. Now it’s time to move on. Moonves, who was ousted over the weekend as head of CBS Corp...
Sep 13, 2018

UBC star quarterback avoiding distraction of potential pro football career
VANCOUVER - The only quarterback in the CFL’s fall scouting report doesn’t want to talk about the possibility of getting drafted to play professional football. For Michael O’Connor, ...
Sep 13, 2018
Hockey world, prominent Canadians offer support to Humboldt Broncos
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The Humboldt Broncos lost, but the score didn’t matter. The Broncos fell 2-1 to the Nipawin Hawks on Wednesday - their first regular-season game since a team bus crash claimed ...
Sep 13, 2018

Russian suspects in poisoning: We were in UK as tourists
MOSCOW - The two Russian men spun an unlikely tale of hapless tourists defeated by grim British weather: They travelled more than 1,000 miles to see England’s famed Salisbury Cathedral but were ...
Sep 13, 2018