Category Archives: Canadian Press
El Salvador Jesuits seek freedom for ex-col. in 1989 murders
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Jesuits in El Salvador asked the government Monday to commute a former military colonel’s prison sentence for the 1989 killings of six priests from their order and tw...
May 29, 2017
Brazil's federal police worried about new justice minister
SAO PAULO - The union representing Brazil’s federal police investigators expressed concerns Monday about how probes into government corruption will be handled by the newly named justice minister...
May 29, 2017
Venezuela opposition leader Capriles tear-gassed at protest
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has been tear-gassed during a protest in the capital. The former presidential candidate was gassed Monday by soldiers who were tryin...
May 29, 2017
We'll always have Van Nuys: Hangar from 'Casablanca' saved
LOS ANGELES - The airport hangar facade from the opening scene of “Casablanca” has found a home a decade after being saved from the wrecking ball. The arched facade dating to the 1920s has...
May 29, 2017
Ray Pfeifer, firefighter, voice for 9-11 health care, dies
NEW YORK - A retired New York City firefighter who spent months digging through debris after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, then became a key voice in fighting for health care for first responders while...
May 29, 2017
Ecuadorean president calls WikiLeaks founder a hacker
QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno is calling WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a hacker. But Moreno added Monday that even though he considers Assange a hacker, Ecuador’s governm...
May 29, 2017
Basebrawl! Harper, Strickland punch away, Nats-Giants fight
SAN FRANCISCO - Nationals slugger Bryce Harper and San Francisco reliever Hunter Strickland both landed punches to the head during a wild brawl that erupted Monday after a hit by pitch. Harper was hit...
May 29, 2017
Justin Cox, former Saskatchewan Roughrider, found not guilty of assault
REGINA - A player who was cut from the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team over an alleged incident of domestic violence has been found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm. And Justin Cox, 24...
May 29, 2017
Bomb kills 13, hurts 24 in Baghdad; IS claims responsibility
BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad just after midnight on Monday, killing 13 people and wounding 24, hospital and police officials said. The Islamic Stat...
May 29, 2017
NHL commissioner Bettman re-affirms that NHL won't participate in 2018 Olympics
PITTSBURGH - Gary Bettman shovelled a little more dirt on NHLers playing at the 2018 Olympics. Speaking before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final in his annual state of the union address, the NHL commiss...
May 29, 2017