Category Archives: Canadian Press
Under pressure, social media giants acknowledge meddling
WASHINGTON - In three exhaustive hearings this week, executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google acknowledged that their platforms were used by Russia to try and create division over such disparate i...
Nov 02, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's post-attack blame game
WASHINGTON - The deadly New York truck attack prompted President Donald Trump to go looking for someone to blame beyond the man accused of doing it. He settled, at least for a time, on Sen. Chuck Schu...
Nov 02, 2017
Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports
WASHINGTON - America’s registered child sex offenders will now have to use passports identifying them for their past crimes when travelling overseas. The State Department said Wednesday it would...
Nov 02, 2017
Utah slaying suspect to also face Colorado murder charges
SALT LAKE CITY - Police in Colorado plan to seek murder charges against an ex-convict suspected of killing a man, stealing guns from his trailer, then heading to Utah and fatally shooting a student du...
Nov 02, 2017
California family missing in Brazilian jungle found safe
SAO PAULO - A California couple and their two daughters who had been missing for days after pirates attacked their boat in the Amazon River delta area have been found alive. Except for insect bites an...
Nov 02, 2017
As veil of silence falls, Weinstein effect keeps growing
NEW YORK - In the three weeks since the string of allegations against Harvey Weinstein first began, an ongoing domino effect has tumbled through not just Hollywood but at least a dozen other industrie...
Nov 02, 2017
Dalhousie Student Union says women of colour are under attack, issues 10 demands
HALIFAX - The Dalhousie Student Union says women of colour are under attack and the university is failing to support them. In a statement on systemic racism endorsed by the council Wednesday night, th...
Nov 02, 2017
Babcock's last phone call connected with cell tower near Millard's home:court
TORONTO - When the final outgoing call came from the cellphone of a Toronto woman who vanished five years ago, her accused killers’ phones pinged off cell towers nearby, court heard Thursday. Th...
Nov 02, 2017
Where did that come from? Saskatchewan man finds new house in his farm field
PILOT BUTTE, Sask. - Patrick Maze is used to seeing flax and weeds on his farm field east of Regina, but where did the brand-new beautiful house come from? Maze was driving by his land last week and n...
Nov 02, 2017
Canadian skipper Christine Sinclair leads young squad against U.S.
TORONTO - Captain Christine Sinclair will see plenty of familiar faces when she leads Canada out against the top-ranked Americans in a two-game series starting next week. The U.S. squad features five ...
Nov 02, 2017