UN: 5.7 million Pakistani flood victims to face food crisis
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian agency is warning that about 5.7 million Pakistani flood survivors will face a serious food crisis in the next...
West African mediators head to Burkina Faso following coup
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Regional mediators were headed to Burkina Faso on Monday in the wake of the West African country’s second coup this year...
Center-right party wins on pledges to stabilize Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov appeared to be the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the country’s central electoral commission...
‘He was a brother, son and friend’
The family of a man who died in hospital after being found in medical distress outside a fast-food restaurant in early August wants the world to...
Quebec votes, sex workers challenging Criminal Code : In The News for Oct. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors...
Heritage advocates lobby to save homes
There’s not much conservationists can do to stop fast-tracked demolition of near-century-old homes in the city’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, the executive director of Heritage Winnipeg says. Many...
Quebec’s salad sisters on mixing it up: a new Mandy’s cookbook, more Toronto outposts
TORONTO – The sisters behind Montreal’s popular eatery Mandy’s Gourmet Salads have their eye on much more than just spinning out new combinations of fancy greens...
The Montreal sisters behind Mandy’s Gourmet Salads put a fall spin on soup and salad
The duo behind Mandy’s Gourmet Salads have just released their second cookbook – this time spotlighting fall-friendly root vegetables, winter-themed soups and more to suit the...
Bus exchange horror as large group of teenagers cheer on mass brawl
Peter Meecham/Stuff A person was arrested following a brawl between about six young people in Christchurch’s main bus depot. (File photo) Commuters watched on in horror...
Prairie rivalry starting to sputter
To suggest the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have had the edge over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in recent years would be putting it lightly. What’s considered among the...