Category Archives: Canadian Press
Leaders set sights on each other as Alberta election called for April 16
Alberta’s NDP leader and her main conservative rival wasted no time pointing fingers at each other on the first day of the campaign for an April 16 election. Premier Rachel Notley called the vot...
Mar 19, 2019
Colbert postpones visit to New Zealand after attack
NEW YORK - Talk show host Stephen Colbert has postponed what was supposed to be a surprise visit to New Zealand following the terrorist attack in Christchurch that killed 50 people. Colbert’s &#...
Mar 19, 2019
Man hurt during arrest for alleged slurs
at B.C. vigil for New Zealand victims
SURREY, B.C. - An investigation is underway after a man in Surrey, B.C., was injured while being arrested for allegedly yelling racial slurs at a prayer vigil for the victims of the New Zealand mosque...
Mar 19, 2019
James Corden returns to host the 2019 Tony Awards
NEW YORK - James Corden is returning to host the 73rd annual Tony Awards. The American Theatre Wing on Tuesday announced that the host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show” will preside over ...
Mar 19, 2019
Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting
UTRECHT, Netherlands - Dutch investigators probing the deadly tram shooting in the city of Utrecht sharpened their focus Tuesday on a possible extremist motive, as judicial authorities revealed that t...
Mar 19, 2019
Cyclone's huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa
CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe - Aid workers rushed to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops Tuesday after a cyclone unleashed devastating floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. More tha...
Mar 19, 2019
Emergency ascent in Indian Ocean as sub fills with smoke
ALPHONSE ISLAND, Seychelles - A British scientist and her American pilot made an emergency ascent from 100 metres (328 feet) beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after smoke filled the c...
Mar 19, 2019
Duped women go after charming alleged con man:'Everything he said was a lie'
It started with a chance encounter in a coffee shop. He was charming and attractive, and everything he said mirrored her life. The relationship developed into a romance but the seduction ended months ...
Mar 19, 2019
Pope nixes French cardinal resignation after coverup
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has declined to accept the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin as archbishop of Lyon after he was convicted of failing to report a known predator priest to pol...
Mar 19, 2019
Calgary UCP candidate resigns after report on her comments about race
CALGARY - A United Conservative Party candidate in the Alberta election who resigned over online comments she reportedly made about white nationalists is begging people to lower the temperature of pol...
Mar 19, 2019