Category Archives: Canadian Press
Film of Judy Blume's 'Are You There God?...' in development
LOS ANGELES - Judy Blume has at long last agreed to a feature film adaptation of her seminal 1970 young adult novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” Writer and director Kelly ...
Oct 18, 2018
Michael Buble shuts down rumours of retirement from music
LOS ANGELES - Michael Buble is shutting down rumours that he’s going to retire from music, saying he was misquoted in a recent interview. Buble told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is no...
Oct 18, 2018
New Zimbabwe documentary on massacres takes aim at president
HARARE, Zimbabwe - A new documentary on massacres by Zimbabwe’s military has led to harsh exchanges as the 1980s killings challenge a new president who preaches unity but refuses to apologize fo...
Oct 18, 2018
2 'Love & Hip Hop' stars arrested in separate incidents
ATLANTA - Two stars of this past season of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” have been arrested in separate incidents in metropolitan Atlanta. Atasha Chizaah Jefferson, known as To...
Oct 18, 2018
Threatening letter prompts Indigenous family's move from Edmonton-area condo
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Police are investigating after an Indigenous family in an Edmonton-area condominium received a letter that appears to suggest harm may come to them if they don’t leave the ne...
Oct 18, 2018
'I'll walk in my broken shoes': Mom, daughter flee Venezuela
PAMPLONA, Colombia - As night approached, Sandra Cadiz wrapped her shivering daughter in a blanket and prayed for a ride up the frigid Colombian mountaintop known as “the icebox.” Ten-year...
Oct 18, 2018
Farm-rich Salinas exemplifies California's housing struggles
SALINAS, Calif. - Middle-school English teacher Maryam Powers doesn’t take vacations. To earn additional money, she picks up an extra period of teaching when she can and mentors new hires. But t...
Oct 18, 2018
A look at Salinas, California, farm-rich but unaffordable
SALINAS, Calif. - Here’s a look at some key information about Salinas, one of the nation’s least affordable metro areas to live. It’s a phenomenon that’s plaguing California, f...
Oct 18, 2018
Man linked to Saudi prince at consulate when writer vanished
ISTANBUL - A member of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage during several trips abroad walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul just before writer Jamal Khashoggi vanished ther...
Oct 18, 2018
Khashoggi warns in last column of free rein to silence media
WASHINGTON - The Washington Post has published a new column by missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in which he warns that governments in the Middle East “have been given free rein to continue s...
Oct 18, 2018