Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lawmaker with porn sites as web tabs: 'I am not a pervert'
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A state lawmaker who shared with colleagues a screengrab showing web browser tabs that referenced pornographic content took to the House floor to insist: “I am not a pervert.&...
Jun 14, 2017
'It could've been a massacre': Republican-hating gunman fires at U.S. lawmakers
WASHINGTON - A Republican-hating gunman who had spewed rage upon Donald Trump and his party opened fire on a group of U.S. lawmakers Wednesday, causing a range of injuries in what appeared to be a pol...
Jun 14, 2017
Montrealers file legal action contesting restrictions on medical aid in dying
MONTREAL - Nicole Gladu wants to die at home, surrounded by friends, with a glass of rose champagne in one hand and a canape of foie gras in the other. And now the former journalist and trade unionist...
Jun 14, 2017
Turkey imprisons lawmaker for 25 years for revealing secrets
ISTANBUL - A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent opposition lawmaker to 25 years in prison on espionage charges, prompting an outcry from his party. Enis Berberoglu, a 61-year-old former ...
Jun 14, 2017
Wallenda discusses hanging by her teeth over Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - The aerialist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda will perform a series of manoeuvres - including hanging by her teeth and toes - while on a hoop suspended from a helicopter above Nia...
Jun 14, 2017
US businesses cut stockpiles in April
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses decreased their stockpiles in April by the largest amount since October, while sales were flat. The Commerce Department says business inventories fell by a seasonally adju...
Jun 14, 2017
London tower fire: What do we know?
LONDON - Firefighters are battling a huge blaze at a west London high-rise block that houses more than 100 apartments. Here is what we know about the fire so far: WHAT HAPPENED? Reports of a fire at G...
Jun 14, 2017
Was Dylan too freewheelin' in borrowing for Nobel lecture?
LOS ANGELES - The whiff of plagiarism is blowin’ in the wind for Bob Dylan. Phrases sprinkled throughout the rock legend’s lecture for his Nobel Prize in literature are very similar to phr...
Jun 14, 2017
Amount Canadians owe compared with income ticks lower but still near record high
OTTAWA - The amount Canadians owe compared with their income ticked lower in the first quarter but remained near record levels as mortgage debt continued to climb. Statistics Canada said Wednesday the...
Jun 14, 2017
Belgian court convicts parents in baby's malnutrition death
DENDERMONDE, Belgium - In a cautionary tale about alternative diets, a Belgian court convicted two parents Wednesday in the death of their infant, who succumbed to malnutrition and dehydration because...
Jun 14, 2017