Category Archives: Canadian Press
Erdogan wins in Turkey, gets ready to assume sweeping powers
ANKARA, Turkey - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for the past 15 years, will extend his rule and take on sweeping new powers after his victory in the country’s landmark ...
Jun 25, 2018
Authorities abandon 'zero-tolerance' for immigrant families
MCALLEN, Texas - The Trump administration has scaled back a key element of its zero-tolerance immigration policy amid a global uproar over the separation of more than 2,300 migrant families, halting t...
Jun 25, 2018
Thai officials believe 12 boys missing in cave are alive
MAE SAI, Thailand - Anguished parents of 12 members of a boys’ soccer team missing in a flooded cave in northern Thailand were spending a third night without their children Monday as water conti...
Jun 25, 2018
Prince William visits Israel's Holocaust memorial
JERUSALEM - Prince William began his visit to Israel on Tuesday with an emotional tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, a soccer game with Arab and Jewish youth and an introduction to Tel Aviv...
Jun 25, 2018
UN housing watchdog chides Liberals for watering down rights in housing strategy
OTTAWA - A United Nations housing watchdog is taking the federal Liberals to task over what she sees as the government’s about-face on a promise to put a human rights lens on its housing strateg...
Jun 25, 2018
In the news today, June 25
Four stories in the news for Monday, June 25 --- UN WATCHDOG BLASTS LIBERALS ON HOUSING PLAN A United Nations housing watchdog is taking the Liberals to task over what she sees as the government’...
Jun 25, 2018
Millard had means, motive and opportunity to kill his father, Crown alleges
TORONTO - A Toronto man killed his aviation executive father to access millions in inheritance, prosecutors alleged at the trial of the twice-convicted murderer on Monday, while the defence argued the...
Jun 25, 2018
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games World Cup At Nizhny, Russia England 6 Panama 1 At Yekaterinburg, Russia Japan 2 Senegal 2 At Kazan, Russia Colombia 3 Poland 0 — MLB American League Toronto 7 L.A. Angels 6 ...
Jun 24, 2018
C. difficile cases fall 36 per cent in hospitals, better infection control credited
TORONTO - Rates of Clostridium difficile, an often recurring bacterial infection of the colon that causes debilitating diarrhea, have fallen dramatically in hospitals across Canada since 2009, a study...
Jun 24, 2018
Indonesia identifies likely location of sunken ferry
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has identified the suspected location of an overcrowded ferry that sank last week in a deep volcanic crater lake but will need international help to recover the wreck, t...
Jun 24, 2018