Category Archives: Canadian Press
S Africa to give state burial to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist in her own right whose reputation was sullied by scandal, has died. She was 81. Madikizela-Mandela w...
Apr 2, 2018
Deadspin video illustrates Sinclair stations' messaging
NEW YORK - A video with dozens of news anchors reading a script about “fake stories” put in stark visual terms what for weeks had largely been an academic debate about media consolidation ...
Apr 2, 2018
NewsAlert: South African state broadcaster says Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died
Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died, South African state broadcaster says. More coming. !i?? The Canadian Press
Apr 2, 2018
Texas man who invoked 'affluenza' defence released from jail
FORT WORTH, Texas - Ethan Couch, who as a 16-year-old driver drunkenly struck and killed four pedestrians but dodged prison after suggesting at trial that his irresponsibility was a result of his enti...
Apr 2, 2018
Gunmen kill 9 in separate attacks in Pakistan's Quetta
QUETTA, Pakistan - Gunmen riding on motorcycles carried out two separate attacks in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, killing five Muslims in one shooting and four members of a Christian family ...
Apr 2, 2018
Egypt's president wins re-election with 97 per cent of vote
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has won a second, four-year term in office, with more than 97 per cent of the vote in last week’s election, according to official results announc...
Apr 2, 2018
Veteran field hockey player Mark Pearson set for fourth Commonwealth Games test
GOLD COAST, Australia - Mark Pearson was on a chairlift in Whistler when he got the late call that he had made Canada’s field hockey roster for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Striker ...
Apr 2, 2018
China raises tariffs on US pork, fruit in trade dispute
BEIJING - China raised import duties on a $3 billion list of U.S. pork, apples and other products Monday in an escalating dispute with Washington over trade and industrial policy. The government of Pr...
Apr 2, 2018
Same-sex marriage supporter easily wins Costa Rica elections
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Voters gave a resounding no to an evangelical pastor who rose to political prominence by campaigning against same-sex marriage, allowing Costa Rica’s governing party to wi...
Apr 2, 2018
'This was like a war': Witnesses remember day MLK was shot
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Clara Ester’s eyes were fixed on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he stood on the concrete balcony of the Lorraine Motel. King was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers&#...
Apr 2, 2018