Category Archives: Canadian Press
Harvard releases 1937 recording of young John F. Kennedy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The voice of a young John F. Kennedy can be heard on what Harvard University believes is the earliest known recording of the late president. WBUR-FM reports (http://wbur.fm/2q45QmL ...
May 09, 2017
Palestinians stay on hunger strike despite snacking claims
JERUSALEM - More than 880 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel remained on a hunger strike Tuesday, the 23rd day of their protest - a number that was about the same as before the release of a video th...
May 09, 2017
FBI chief known for judgment calls is done in by turmoil
WASHINGTON - There was a time when doing the right thing seemed pretty simple to James Comey, the FBI director whom President Donald Trump fired on Tuesday. “There’s right, and there’...
May 09, 2017
Trump to meet top Russian diplomat at the White House
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will meet Wednesday with Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat at the White House on Wednesday, the White House said, marking the highest level, face-to-face contact ...
May 09, 2017
Texas votes to give immigration lockups child care licenses
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas lawmakers are advancing a proposal to license family immigrant detention centres as child care providers. The state Senate voted 20-11 Tuesday to give preliminary approval to a b...
May 09, 2017
Rangers to face Sabres in 2018 Winter Classic at Citi Field
NEW YORK - The Winter Classic is coming to Citi Field. The Rangers will take on the Buffalo Sabres at the home of the New York Mets on Jan. 1, 2018. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the outdoor...
May 09, 2017
Snowden tells universities Trump's firing of FBI director is alarming
WINNIPEG - The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to fire FBI director James Comey is alarming and part of a global shift away from democratic controls over powerful people, former intelligence o...
May 09, 2017
HBO sets movie about 'Fantasy Island' star Herve Villechaize
LOS ANGELES - HBO says it’s green-lighted a movie about Herve Villechaize (ER-vay Vill-SHEZZ). He’s the late actor who played Mr. Tattoo on TV’s “Fantasy Island.” HBO sai...
May 09, 2017
La Loche school shooting victim says she's discouraged by lack of help
REGINA - Victims of a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan say they’re still not getting the help they need to heal more than 15 months after the tragedy. A gunman opened fire at the ...
May 09, 2017
'Blue Lives Matter' sign put up near site of police shooting
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Less than a week after a white former South Carolina police officer pleaded guilty to a civil rights charge in the 2015 death of an unarmed black man who ran from a traffic stop, a ...
May 09, 2017