Category Archives: Canadian Press

2 more N Carolina deaths raise Matthew's US death toll to 43
RALEIGH, N.C. - Searchers found two more bodies inside vehicles that were submerged in flood waters in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, increasing the toll in the state to 26 dead, Gov. Pat McCr...
Oct 15, 2016
Winnipeg is in a costly battle against erosion and riverbank failure
WINNIPEG - Brian Evans has a front-row seat to the slow but steady, and seemingly unstoppable, erosion that is eating away at Winnipeg’s riverbanks. The shoreline of his property on the Red Rive...
Oct 15, 2016
Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases
KIGALI, Rwanda - Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal, announced Saturday morning after all-night negotiations, to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major ...
Oct 15, 2016
Trade, Tories and Trump: three ways politics touched Canadians this week
Ottawa was sleepy and mostly congenial all week long - at least until Friday - with most MPs back in their ridings after Thanksgiving and cabinet ministers off cutting ribbons in far-flung places. Pol...
Oct 15, 2016

24 killed in stampede ahead of Hindu ceremony in India
LUCKNOW, India - At least 24 people were killed and 20 others injured in a stampede that occurred as they were crossing a crowded bridge to reach a Hindu religious ceremony in northern India on Saturd...
Oct 15, 2016

Saudi-led coalition blames Yemeni party for funeral bombing
CAIRO - A Saudi-led coalition on Saturday blamed “wrong information” for the bombing last weekend of a packed funeral hall in the rebel-held Yemeni capital that killed at least 140 people ...
Oct 15, 2016

IS suicide bomber strikes Baghdad funeral tent, killing 35
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber struck a funeral gathering in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 60, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. The attack in the Shaab ne...
Oct 15, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $16 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Friday night’s $16 million Lotto Max jackpot. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Oct. 21 will be approximately $25 million. The Canadian Press
Oct 15, 2016

Indian guru stars in films to spread message to the masses
NEW DELHI - He claims to have 50 million followers and runs a spiritual empire that promotes vegetarianism and campaigns against drug addiction. But the self-styled God-man from the north Indian state...
Oct 15, 2016

A look at hacked emails from Clinton's campaign chairman
WASHINGTON - Hacked emails released in daily dispatches this past week by the WikiLeaks group exposed the inner workings of Hillary Clinton’s campaign leading up to her 2015 announcement that sh...
Oct 15, 2016