Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ballet dancer jumps into action, saves man from subway track
NEW YORK - A New York City ballet dancer can also add heroics to his repertoire - having saved a homeless man who was pushed onto subway tracks over the weekend. Thirty-one-year-old Gray Davis, a danc...
Jun 05, 2017
Ariana Grande critic Piers Morgan apologizes to singer
Ariana Grande’s all-star benefit concert for victims of last month’s attack following her show in Manchester, England, has won over a critic in Piers Morgan. The outspoken former CNN perso...
Jun 05, 2017
#ChrissySentMe: Good deeds inspired by Canadian killed in London terror attack
CALGARY - A Canadian woman killed in a terror attack in London is being remembered for her work with the homeless and her death is inspiring others to give back. Christine Archibald, 30, was among sev...
Jun 05, 2017
Portugal: Monty Python star's film blamed for convent damage
LISBON, Portugal - Officials in Portugal said Monday they have ordered an investigation into claims that one of the country’s most cherished historic monuments was damaged during the shooting of...
Jun 05, 2017
Vet angry over decision not to hold inquiry into former soldier's murder-suicide
HALIFAX - When former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond committed suicide after killing his wife, mother and young daughter earlier this year, Gregory Swiatkowski read about the tragedy and imagined the...
Jun 05, 2017
S. Korean official suspended over US missile defence report
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A senior South Korean defence official was suspended Monday for deliberately failing to report to new liberal President Moon Jae-in the arrival of several more launchers fo...
Jun 05, 2017
Run, Hide, Tell? London attack response likely saved lives
College student Vashu Tyagi was leaving his dorm and heading to a nearby bar to celebrate the end of classes Saturday night in London when he saw people running frantically down the street. As three m...
Jun 05, 2017
Police say Oklahoma man shoots man trying to drown infants
ADA, Okla. - Authorities say a man who was trying to drown his infant 3-month-old twin son and daughter in southeastern Oklahoma was fatally shot by a neighbour. City of Ada spokeswoman Lisa Bratcher ...
Jun 05, 2017
8 killed in east China chemical plant explosion, fire
BEIJING - Eight people were killed and nine injured in an explosion and fire Monday at a chemical plant in eastern China’s Shandong province, local authorities and media reports said. The accide...
Jun 05, 2017
Seven stories in the news for Monday, June 5
Seven stories in the news for Monday, June 5 --- CANADIAN KILLED IN LONDON TERROR ATTACK IS MOURNED Messages of sorrow and condolence have been flooding social media sites following the death of a Can...
Jun 05, 2017