Category Archives: Canadian Press

Mike Huckabee says he may buy home in West Bank settlement
EFRATA, Palestinian Territory - Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has symbolically taken part in the building of an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The former governor of Arkansas laid ...
Aug 01, 2018

Molson seeks to disrupt beverage industry with cannabis-infused joint venture
TORONTO - Molson Coors Canada is seeking to disrupt the country’s beverage industry by entering into a joint venture to develop non-alcoholic cannabis-infused products that could give it a leg u...
Aug 01, 2018

Congo's Bemba returns to country to register as candidate
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to the country on Wednesday to register as a presidential candidate in December’s long-delayed election, more tha...
Aug 01, 2018

In the news today, Aug. 1
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 1 --- U.S.-MEXICO NAFTA TALKS ENCOURAGING Federal insiders say Canada’s NAFTA partners are simply trying to work through bilateral sticking points, ev...
Aug 01, 2018

The corporate climb: corporate Canada's quiet Me Too reckoning
TORONTO - Maria Soklis remembers feeling ostracized by her co-workers early in her career for speaking up about “aggressive” sexual harassment - until more allegations by others involving ...
Aug 01, 2018
It's OK to cry in the courtroom even if you're a judge: law professors
VANCOUVER - Judges can’t be expected to be emotionless robots, two legal experts said after a defence lawyer questioned a British Columbia judge’s ability to deliver a fair sentence becaus...
Aug 01, 2018
Mother's 25-year search for daughter led to DNA database for missing persons
VANCOUVER - Judy Peterson has spent the last 25 years looking for her daughter and while her efforts have been unsuccessful, she hopes her work will bring solace for others whose loved ones have disap...
Aug 01, 2018
Deadly riots rock Zimbabwe's capital as vote results delayed
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Soldiers and police fired live rounds, water cannons and tear gas at furious protesters who threw rocks and burned vehicles Wednesday in Zimbabwe’s capital, dashing the optimi...
Aug 01, 2018
More than 1,000 homes torched in California wildfires
UPPER LAKE, Calif. - A massive wildfire in Northern California has torched more than 1,000 homes in and around the city of Redding, authorities said Wednesday as some evacuees were allowed to return h...
Aug 01, 2018
Davis hits 29th home run, A's beat Blue Jays 6-2
OAKLAND, Calif. - Khris Davis homered among his three hits, Matt Olson had two RBIs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Tuesday night. Mark Canha doubled twice and stole home a...
Aug 01, 2018