Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump administration moves to detain migrant families longer
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday moved to abandon a longstanding court settlement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept locked up, proposing new regulations that would a...
Sep 06, 2018

US says North Korean charged in Sony hack, WannaCry attack
WASHINGTON - A computer programmer accused of working at the behest of the North Korean government was charged Thursday in connection with several high-profile cyberattacks, including the Sony Picture...
Sep 06, 2018
Dickson returns to Peterborough as Burrards face Lakers for Mann Cup
After the Maple Ridge Burrards completed their nearly day-long journey to Peterborough, Ont., from B.C.’s lower mainland, they all turned to forward Curtis Dickson for restaurant recommendations...
Sep 06, 2018

Election spotlight on New Brunswick's low literacy rate: 'An embarrassment'
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Tories are promising to address literacy rates in a province where advocates say about half the population isn’t literate enough to fully participate in society. Camp...
Sep 06, 2018

'A horrific situation: 4 dead in Cincinnati bank shooting
CINCINNATI - A gunman carrying enough ammunition to cause “a bloodbath beyond imagination” killed three people and wounded two others Thursday morning at a high-rise office building in the...
Sep 06, 2018
Ford recalls 2M pickup trucks; seat belts can cause fires
DETROIT - Under pressure from U.S. safety regulators, Ford is recalling about two million F-150 pickup trucks in North America, including nearly 340,000 in Canada, because the seat belts can spark and...
Sep 06, 2018

Lise Payette, Quebec author, journalist, feminist and politician, dead at 87
MONTREAL - Lise Payette, a former Parti Quebecois cabinet minister who was responsible for creating the province’s automobile insurance board and who ended up playing a key role in the 1980 refe...
Sep 06, 2018

Survey: US companies added a solid 163,000 jobs in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses added 163,000 jobs in August, a private survey found, a decent gain that suggests that employers are confident enough to keep hiring. Payroll processor ADP said Thursday t...
Sep 06, 2018
Korean boy bands, soccer stars march to different beats
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Boy band BTS hit the top of the charts not long after Son Heung-min and his South Korean soccer team stepped atop the Asian Games podium. The performers and athletes brough...
Sep 06, 2018

Burberry to drop real fur from fashion line
LONDON - The British luxury fashion brand Burberry will stop using real fur in its products. The company said Thursday there will be no real fur in its London Fashion Week catwalk show later this mont...
Sep 06, 2018