Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex-deputy Quebec premier going straight to trial on fraud-related charges
QUEBEC - Former deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau and six other people charged with fraud-related offences will not have a preliminary hearing and will go straight to trial. The Crown did not ...
May 08, 2017
14-year-old boy charged with stealing car from dealership, fleeing police
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland police nabbed an alleged car thief on the weekend - one too young to drive. They say a 14-year-old boy is facing charges after being caught behind the wheel of a ...
May 08, 2017
Bill Clinton and James Patterson co-writing a thriller
NEW YORK - Neither Bill Clinton nor James Patterson has ever tried something like this before. The former president and the bestselling novelist are collaborating on a thriller, “The President i...
May 08, 2017
Stay or go? Raptors all-star guard Kyle Lowry gives no hints about future
TORONTO - No matter how the question was posed, Kyle Lowry wouldn’t bite. The Toronto Raptors point guard will opt out of the final year of his contract and become a free agent, and a lucrative ...
May 08, 2017
Tiara adorned with 367 diamonds stolen from German museum
BERLIN - German police say a gold-and-platinum tiara adorned with 367 diamonds that once belonged to a duchess has been stolen from a state museum. Baden-Wuerttemberg criminal police said Monday the t...
May 08, 2017
Pride Toronto moves closer to securing annual grant amid controversy
TORONTO - Canada’s largest Pride parade is one step closer to securing municipal funding that has been threatened by a decision to ban uniformed police officers from the annual event. Pride Toro...
May 08, 2017
Martha Stewart flashes middle finger toward Trump portrait
NEW YORK - Martha Stewart has given a glimpse of her feelings toward her former reality TV rival, President Donald Trump. A photo shared on social media show Stewart standing between large portraits o...
May 08, 2017
Chipping away at EU: Banksy's take on Brexit seen in Dover
LONDON - The street artist Banksy has let the world know his take on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Banksy has created a large mural in the British port of Dover showing a workm...
May 08, 2017
French President-elect Macron gears up for challenges ahead
PARIS - French President-elect Emmanuel Macron laid the groundwork Monday for his transition to power, announcing a visit to Germany and a name change for his political movement and appearing with his...
May 08, 2017
Appeals court to weigh challenge to revised Trump travel ban
RICHMOND, Va. - After a series of stinging legal defeats, President Donald Trump’s administration hopes to convince a federal appeals court that his travel ban targeting six-Muslim majority coun...
May 08, 2017