Category Archives: Canadian Press

Airstrike hits medics in Syria as UN moves to resume aid
BEIRUT - An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an...
Sep 21, 2016
Shell drops first deepwater well off Nova Scotia, moves on to second attempt
HALIFAX - Shell has abandoned the first of its deepwater exploration wells off Nova Scotia, saying it didn’t find enough oil for commercial production. Work on the Cheshire well, about 250 kilom...
Sep 21, 2016
Family, neighbours: Tulsa man was changing his life, generous
TULSA, Okla. - An unarmed black man shot dead in the middle of a street by a white Oklahoma police officer had run-ins with the law dating back to his teenage years and recently served four years in p...
Sep 21, 2016
Detective details deadly on-duty police shooting for jurors
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Prosecutors have said Albuquerque police overreacted in 2014 when they responded to a complaint about a homeless man camping in the foothills bordering the city. They blamed what t...
Sep 21, 2016
20 dead in floods, landslides on Indonesia's Java island
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Torrential rains triggered floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Java, killing at least 20 villagers and leaving 14 others missing, an official said Wednesday. The wor...
Sep 21, 2016
Tropical Storm Lisa holds steady in Atlantic
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Lisa continues to move slowly northwestward in the Atlantic, but poses no threat to land and is expected to weaken soon. The storm’s maximum sustained winds late Wednesday...
Sep 21, 2016
As Trump rises, Clinton struggles with traditional playbook
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - For months, Democrats argued that voters would get “serious” about the campaign once it reached the fall and would reject Donald Trump’s no-holds-barred approach...
Sep 21, 2016

Clinton campaign raced through $50 million last month
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton spent $645,000 more a day than her opponent Donald Trump last month, but even with her $50 million campaign outlay, she has not been able to pull away from him in the race...
Sep 21, 2016

WHY IT MATTERS: Minimum wage
WASHINGTON - THE ISSUE: Modest income growth for most Americans, strikes by fast-food workers, and the rapid growth of low-paying jobs at the same time middle-income work shrinks have combined to make...
Sep 21, 2016

Fox News: Sean Hannity won't appear in any more Trump videos
NEW YORK - Fox News says Sean Hannity won’t be appearing in any more campaign videos for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Hannity touts what he sees as the benefits of a Trump presi...
Sep 21, 2016