Category Archives: Canadian Press
New UN chief has big goals but says he's 'no miracle maker'
The new U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday he’s “no miracle maker” but Antonio Guterres has big ambitions: He wants to shake up the global body and get all 193 member nations to com...
Jan 03, 2017
Israeli soldier's manslaughter conviction divides country
TEL AVIV, Israel - The rare manslaughter conviction Wednesday of an Israeli soldier who fatally shot a badly wounded Palestinian attacker exposed a deepening rift between proponents of the rule of law...
Jan 03, 2017
Worker won't say how he ended up in cargo hold during flight
WASHINGTON - A baggage handler isn’t saying how he ended up inside an aircraft’s cargo hold during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Washington Dulles International Airport. Unit...
Jan 03, 2017
Moosehead backs away from opening small-batch brewery in Saint John
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Moosehead Breweries says it’s no longer going ahead with plans to build a small-batch brewery on the waterfront in Saint John, N.B. In June, the company said it was looking fo...
Jan 03, 2017
German prosecutors say convicted IS member hid killings
BERLIN - A German man who had been lauded by a judge for a “wholehearted” confession about his time as a member of the Islamic State group faced new charges of concealing his true involvem...
Jan 03, 2017
Inmates involved in Brazil prison massacre to be transferred
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian authorities said Tuesday that the inmates responsible for the killings of 60 rivals at two prisons in the Amazon region will be transferred to high security federal institut...
Jan 03, 2017
Megyn Kelly leaving Fox News, will host 2 shows on NBC
NEW YORK - Megyn Kelly, the Fox News star who’s had a contentious relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, said Tuesday that she’s leaving the network for NBC News, where she will h...
Jan 03, 2017
FDA probes dangers of exploding e-cigarette batteries
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is probing the dangers of exploding batteries in e-cigarettes, following dozens of reports of devices that have combusted, overheated or caught fire ...
Jan 03, 2017
Ontario woman killed in Istanbul attack remembered as happy and always smiling
MILTON, Ont. - A friend of an Ontario woman killed in an attack on a Turkish nightclub remembers her as a happy person who was always smiling. Ahmed Atrakchi said Alaa Al-Muhandis was part of the tigh...
Jan 03, 2017
Canadian woman reportedly dies in Italian hiking incident: media reports
A young Ontario woman who had recently moved to Europe with her fiance died on New Year’s Day after falling off a mountain path during a hike near the Italian-Austrian border. Chelsea Rebecca Al...
Jan 03, 2017