Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec man sentenced to life in stabbing of grocery clerk appealing verdict
MONTREAL - Randy Tshilumba, the Quebec man convicted in October of brutally stabbing a young woman to death in a busy Montreal grocery store, is appealing the verdict. Defence lawyer Julie Giroux file...
Nov 20, 2017
Melania Trump takes custody of White House Christmas tree
WASHINGTON - Melania Trump, and son Barron, continued a time-honoured, first lady tradition on Monday: receiving the official White House Christmas tree. A military band quartet played holiday tunes a...
Nov 20, 2017
Body of worker recovered after cosmetics factory blast, fire
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. - Authorities recovered the body of a male worker reported missing after two explosions and a fire at a New York cosmetics factory left 30 to 35 people injured, including seven firef...
Nov 20, 2017
Trump charity stepped up 2016 giving amid campaign scrutiny
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump sharply increased the amount of money he gave away through his foundation last year as the charity drew scrutiny during the campaign. A 2016 tax return posted on the ...
Nov 20, 2017
Della Reese, of TV's 'Touched by an Angel,' has died at 86
LOS ANGELES - Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama “Touched by an Angel,&#...
Nov 20, 2017
Mars theory gets dusted: Streaks may be sand, not water
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A new study suggests that dark streaks on Mars represent flowing sand - not water. Monday’s news throws cold water on 2015 research that indicated that lines on some Marti...
Nov 20, 2017
Colorado fines Uber $8.9M for nearly 60 problem drivers
DENVER - Colorado regulators issued an $8.9 million fine against Uber’s parent company on Monday for allowing employees with serious criminal or motor vehicle offences to work for the company as...
Nov 20, 2017
FBI, Justice Department to investigate St. Louis-area police
ST. LOUIS - A federal investigation will look into possible civil rights violations by police in the St. Louis area in the two months since protests broke out after a white former police officer was a...
Nov 20, 2017
Key figures in Manson case: Cult disciples, rich and famous
LOS ANGELES - Cult leader Charles Manson, who directed his “family” to carry out a series of shocking murders in 1969 in a bid to start a race war he called “Helter Skelter,” d...
Nov 20, 2017
Leftist president hopeful vows to erase Mexico's corruption
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s leftist Morena party on Monday made eradicating corruption the centerpiece of its platform as its leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador runs for the presidency in next year&#...
Nov 20, 2017