Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pipeline uncertainty illustrates broader concerns for tribes
For hundreds of protesters, it was cause to cheer when the Obama administration this month declined to issue an easement for the Dakota Access pipeline’s final segment. But that elation was damp...
Dec 25, 2016
Israel: humbled Netanyahu places hopes in Trump
JERUSALEM - The Israeli government’s furious reaction to the U.N. Security Council’s adoption of a resolution opposing Jewish settlements in occupied territory underscores its fundamental ...
Dec 25, 2016
Anti-refugee sentiment from election spills over to states
HELENA, Mont. - The push to restrict refugee resettlements and immigration in the U.S. that figured so prominently in Donald Trump’s election is now headed to states that are preparing to conven...
Dec 25, 2016
Minnesota beats rest of country in banning germ-killer
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota’s first-in-the nation ban on soaps containing the once ubiquitous germ-killer triclosan takes effect Jan. 1, but the people who spearheaded the law say it’s already...
Dec 25, 2016
Strome gets chance to shine for Canada after missing out on NHL opportunity
TORONTO - Dylan Strome didn’t plan to be here. Team Canada’s captain at the world junior hockey championship imagined he’d be playing for the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes right now. B...
Dec 25, 2016
Jennifer Lawrence visits Louisville children's hospital
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Jennifer Lawrence has visited the Norton Children’s Hospital to spread some holiday cheer. The Courier-Journal reports (http://cjky.it/2hemBpi ) the Oscar-winning actress visit...
Dec 25, 2016
Egypt confirms arrests of Al-Jazeera journalist
CAIRO - Egypt’s state news agency says the state prosecutor has ordered the arrest of an Al-Jazeera TV news producer for “fabricating reports” on the country’s internal situati...
Dec 25, 2016
Choir tragedy: A look at Russian ensemble wiped out by crash
MOSCOW - The Russian military choir that lost most of its singers in a plane crash Sunday is often described as the Kremlin’s “singing weapon.” The Alexandrov Ensemble, sometimes ref...
Dec 25, 2016
Mission readies late Christmas gifts for mariners who spend holidays at sea
HALIFAX - Somewhere on the North Atlantic, there’s a small fleet of merchant ships headed for the port of Halifax, with crews that have spent Christmas Day at sea, far from their families. Rev. ...
Dec 25, 2016
Powerful earthquake shakes Chile, no deaths reported
SANTIAGO, Chile - A powerful earthquake shook southern Chile on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths and only minor known damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 qua...
Dec 25, 2016