Category Archives: Canadian Press
Obama to campaign for Clinton in battleground North Carolina
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is heading back to North Carolina to help turn out the vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. As if Obama isn’t enough of a draw in his own...
Nov 02, 2016
At New England's tiptop, Trump could take an electoral vote
MADISON, Maine - In the north country of New England, where gun rights are sacrosanct and good jobs vanished along with the paper mills that traditionally propped up the economy, Donald Trump is findi...
Nov 02, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Nov. 2
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 2 --- MILITARY COLLEGE TO GO UNDER MICROSCOPE A complete review of the Royal Military College of Canada begins today at the prestigious institution in King...
Nov 02, 2016
Canadian couple faces U.S. charges for allegedly importing, exporting fentanyl
A Canadian couple is accused of importing fentanyl products from China into the United States and then mailing the powerful opioid drugs to Canada. Karl and Sorina Morrison, both 59, were arrested at ...
Nov 02, 2016
On Mosul's southern front, fight against IS grinds on slowly
SHURA, Iraq - When airstrikes and artillery began rocking the village of Shura south of Mosul, Barah Hussein Abed and his family moved into a hallway in the centre of their home to wait out the barrag...
Nov 02, 2016

S Korea prosecutors detain ex-presidential aide amid scandal
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean prosecutors have detained a former senior aide of President Park Geun-hye as they widen their investigation into a snowballing scandal centring on whether the ...
Nov 02, 2016
Fed is widely expected to leave key interest rate unchanged
WASHINGTON - With voters set to choose a new president and Congress in six days, the Federal Reserve will likely keep a low profile when it ends a meeting Wednesday to try to ensure it doesn’t b...
Nov 02, 2016
University of Missouri names Choi new system president
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The next president of the University of Missouri’s four-campus system, Mun Y. Choi, said Wednesday that student and faculty opinions “matter greatly” to him and...
Nov 02, 2016

Judge: North Carolina voter challenge process seems 'insane'
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - North Carolina’s process for challenging voters’ registration seems to harken to a bygone era when fewer safeguards were in place, a federal judge said Wednesday as s...
Nov 02, 2016

Search resumes for 44 missing from Indonesia boat sinking
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian rescue authorities on Thursday resumed a search for more than 40 people missing from the sinking of an overcrowded speedboat a day earlier. The search effort, which was...
Nov 02, 2016