Category Archives: Canadian Press
Toronto will add 200 officers to night shift to curb shootings
Toronto plans to add 200 frontline officers to the night shift over the summer in an effort to reduce gun violence, the city’s police chief said Thursday while the mayor promised new funds for c...
Jul 12, 2018
Ontario throne speech highlights key Doug Ford campaign pledges
TORONTO - Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government vowed Thursday to bring in sweeping changes meant to restore public trust in the province in a throne speech that played up promises m...
Jul 12, 2018
Tyler Perry warns his fans about fake Facebook offers
LOS ANGELES - Tyler Perry is warning fans not to get scammed. The actor, comedian and director says in a Facebook video that he’s not giving away anything. The 48-year-old directed a strong comm...
Jul 12, 2018
Canada moves to recognize NunatuKavut in southern Labrador
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - The NunatuKavut community in southern Labrador is entering into historic talks with the Canadian government, as Ottawa moves to formally recognize an Indigenous group th...
Jul 12, 2018
Africa's iconic baobab trees dying off at alarming rate
CROOKS CORNER, South Africa - Africa’s ancient baobab, with its distinctive swollen trunk and known as the “tree of life,” is under a new and mysterious threat, with some of the larg...
Jul 12, 2018
Kavanaugh reports relatively modest finances, debt repayment
WASHINGTON - The vetting of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is just beginning, but his public financial disclosures make one thing clear: He’s not as wealthy as many already on the high co...
Jul 12, 2018
Chinese professor suspended following misconduct complaints
BEIJING - A leading Chinese university has suspended a prominent primatologist in a victory for China’s slow-building #MeToo movement. Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou said in a Thursday stat...
Jul 12, 2018
GOP eager for vote on liberal Democrats' move to abolish ICE
WASHINGTON - Liberal Democrats unveiled doomed legislation Thursday aimed at abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, their eyes focused on galvanizing voters for the midterm elections. The Hou...
Jul 12, 2018
2 Supreme Court nominations made, Trump may have none to go
WASHINGTON - What would it take for President Donald Trump to get yet another Supreme Court pick? Probably the death of a justice. Trump has speculated that he could appoint a majority of the nine-mem...
Jul 12, 2018
Syrian government raises its flag over cradle of 2011 revolt
BEIRUT - For the first time in more than seven years, the Syrian government raised its flag Thursday over Daraa, the first city to revolt against President Bashar Assad in 2011 and plunge the country ...
Jul 12, 2018