Category Archives: Canadian Press
Wages rise as job numbers see slight decline, unemployment rate sticks at 5.8%
OTTAWA - Wage growth in April reached its highest level in nearly six years as the economy posted a slight net loss of 1,100 jobs and an unemployment rate that held steady at 5.8 per ce...
May 11, 2018
Israel calls on Syria's Assad to 'get rid' of Iranian forces
JERUSALEM - Israel’s defence minister Friday called on President Bashar Assad to “get rid” of Iranian forces in Syria, warning their continued presence would only cause trouble. Iran...
May 11, 2018
Italian researchers develop lighter, cheaper robotic hand
ROME - Italian researchers on Thursday unveiled a new robotic hand they say allows users to grip objects more naturally and features a design that will lower the price significantly. The Hennes roboti...
May 11, 2018
Trump's instinct in Korea crisis and elsewhere is 'go big'
WASHINGTON - The way President Donald Trump sees it, why go for a solid single when you can swing for a home run? Trump’s upcoming summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is only the latest ...
May 11, 2018
Q&A: Cohen's ties to Trump, corporate clients pose questions
WASHINGTON - Attorney Michael Cohen’s simultaneous relationship with Donald Trump and several blue chip companies that paid him for insight into the new president strikes legal experts as unusua...
May 11, 2018
Trump fumes at Homeland Security head over immigration
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unloaded on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a heated Cabinet meeting this week, railing against her for failing to stop illegal border crossings. Tr...
May 11, 2018
Chatter grows about Trump's Nobel Peace Prize prospects
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama won it. So did Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Now, President Donald Trump’s supporters are pushing for him to be the next U.S. leader to win the N...
May 11, 2018
Kelly says Trump is 'distracted' by Russia probe
WASHINGTON - White House chief of staff John Kelly said President Donald Trump is “somewhat embarrassed” by the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elec...
May 11, 2018
Even from afar, McCain raises his voice against torture
WASHINGTON - As Senate consideration of Gina Haspel to head the CIA quickly turned into a debate over torture, one voice weighed in from afar. Republican Sen. John McCain, a Navy pilot who was beaten ...
May 11, 2018
Republicans override Dem objections to confirm federal judge
WASHINGTON - The political battle over President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees escalated on Thursday when the Senate took the rare step of confirming the nomination of a Wisconsin attorney to...
May 11, 2018