Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Big and vicious': Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Flore...
Sep 11, 2018

Senators owner Eugene Melnyk breaks silence, addresses team's future in video
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk broke his silence and laid out his vision for the franchise’s future on Monday night in a video posted to the club’s Twitter account. The rebuild is off...
Sep 11, 2018

Republicans lack votes - and appetite - to end 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON - Arizona’s new senator says he’d vote to repeal the nation’s health care law. That’s one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his predecess...
Sep 11, 2018
Many California marijuana products failing safety tests
LOS ANGELES - Nearly 20 per cent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industr...
Sep 11, 2018
Louisiana mayor bans Nike products from parks and rec
KENNER, La. - The mayor of a New Orleans suburb banned the city’s parks and recreation department from purchasing Nike products, days after the athletic apparel maker released a controversial ad...
Sep 11, 2018
Philippine president vents anger toward fierce critic on TV
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president vented his anger toward his fiercest political critic on a state TV talk show Tuesday, prompting opposition calls for him to focus instead on worsening i...
Sep 11, 2018

Reward offered in shooting of endangered California condor
LOS ANGELES - The reward now totals $15,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of an endangered California condor. The condor was found with a gunshot wound in J...
Sep 11, 2018

Vietnam's capital urges residents to stop eating dog meat
HANOI, Vietnam - Authorities in Vietnam’s capital are urging residents to stop eating dog meat because it hurts the city’s image and improper raising and slaughtering of the animals could ...
Sep 11, 2018

Labrador dog named Lucy saves Oregon man from sex conviction
SALEM, Ore. - The discovery of a black Labrador named Lucy led to the unraveling of a criminal case Monday against an Oregon man who had begun serving a 50-year prison sentence. Joshua Horner, a plumb...
Sep 11, 2018
Zimbabwe declares cholera outbreak after 20 deaths
HARARE, Zimbabwe - A cholera emergency has been declared in Zimbabwe’s capital after 20 people have died, the health minister said Tuesday. The deaths in Harare have many fearing a repeat of the...
Sep 11, 2018