Category Archives: Canadian Press
Malaysian PM says China-financed projects cancelled
BEIJING - Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been cancelled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime...
Aug 21, 2018

US deports 95-year-old ex-Nazi guard to Germany
BERLIN - A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who lived quietly in New York City for decades was carried out of his home on a stretcher by federal agents and flown to Germany early Tuesd...
Aug 21, 2018

In the news today, Aug. 21
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 21 --- FEDS TO UNVEIL ANTI-POVERTY PLAN TODAY A new plan to help low-income Canadians will set a lofty goal of lifting more than two million people past the p...
Aug 21, 2018

N.S. report calls for restrictions on clearcutting, 'ecological forestry'
HALIFAX - A new review of Nova Scotia’s forestry practices is calling for fundamental changes to the way trees are harvested in the province. The report by University of Kings College president ...
Aug 21, 2018

Social media, digital photography allow millennials to flock to birdwatching
VANCOUVER - Yousif Attia wasn’t exactly a typical teenager. He had always been fascinated by birds, and he wanted to participate in a local Christmas bird count - an annual event where people ac...
Aug 21, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games (All Times Eastern) — MLB American League Toronto 5, Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 5 Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 1, Kansas City 0 Oakland 9, Texas 0 Seattle...
Aug 21, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games (All Times Eastern) — MLB American League Toronto 5, Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 5 Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 1, Kansas City 0 Oakland 9, Texas 0 Seattle...
Aug 21, 2018

Rockets strike Afghan capital in latest spike of violence
KABUL - Rockets slammed into the heart of the capital of Kabul on Tuesday as President Ashraf Ghani delivered a speech marking a Muslim holiday, the latest in a series of brazen attacks that highlight...
Aug 20, 2018
Animal crackers break out of their cages
After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free. Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum’...
Aug 20, 2018
Surf's up in California, where it's now the official sport
LOS ANGELES - “Let’s go surfing now, everybody’s learning how,” the Beach Boys have been telling us in song since 1962. And if you haven’t started listening by now - and ...
Aug 20, 2018