Category Archives: Canadian Press

Clinton focuses on healing, Trump on emails in final hours
MANCHESTER, N.H. - With the cloud of an FBI investigation lifted, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump struck strikingly different tones as they moved into the final hours of a volatile, nearly two-years ...
Nov 05, 2016
Florence police use tear gas to quell anti-govt protesters
ROME - Hooded youths taking part in an anti-government protest in the Italian city of Florence have attacked police with cobblestones, sticks and other objects and police have responded with tear gas....
Nov 05, 2016
French soldier dies in an extremist attack in northern Mali
PARIS - A French soldier has been killed in an attack in northern Mali after a mine exploded as his armoured vehicle passed by during a supply mission, French officials said Saturday. The French Defen...
Nov 05, 2016
Toronto Blue Jays exercise US$3 million option on reliever Jason Grilli
TORONTO - Relief pitcher Jason Grilli had his US$3 million team option for the 2017 season picked up by the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday morning. The 39-year-old Grilli was traded to Toronto on May 3...
Nov 05, 2016
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley leading by example in MLS playoffs
NEW YORK - Prior to the opening game of the MLS season, Toronto FC held a meeting to ensure everyone was on the same page. “We wanted to clear the air from the past couple of years, understand t...
Nov 05, 2016
Human shields, barricades slow Iraqi advance into Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq - Islamic State fighters launched counterattacks Saturday against Iraqi special forces in eastern Mosul, emerging from populated areas deeper in the city to target the troops with mortars ...
Nov 05, 2016
Without playing a point, Murray seals No. 1 spot in Paris
PARIS - After such a long wait, reaching the summit of men’s tennis was an anticlimax for Andy Murray. Without playing a single point, the Scot ended a seven-year wait to secure the No. 1 spot a...
Nov 05, 2016

Tight vote Monday: Yukon election issues will sound familiar to rest of Canada
WHITEHORSE - Issues facing Yukon voters as they head to the polls Monday in a tight territorial election will sound familiar to every Canadian. Reconciliation with First Nations. Climate change. Expan...
Nov 05, 2016

Insurgent offensive in Aleppo kills dozens of civilians
BEIRUT - An offensive by Syrian insurgents aimed at the government-held part of the northern city of Aleppo has killed at least 74 civilians, including 25 children, an opposition monitoring group said...
Nov 05, 2016

UK's Labour Party leader says government has no Brexit plans
LONDON - The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party says Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is resisting “democratic scrutiny” of the Brexit process because it has no...
Nov 05, 2016