Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mandatory payments for minor offences unconstitutional, top court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a law that forced people convicted of crimes to pay surcharges that help victims, saying the mandatory fee amounts to cruel and unusual punishment....
Dec 14, 2018
Spanish prosecutors file tax evasion charges against Shakira
MADRID - Spanish prosecutors have charged pop music star Shakira with tax evasion, alleging she failed to pay more than 14.5 million euros ($16.3 million) between 2012 and 2014. The Colombian singer d...
Dec 14, 2018
Tourism minister postpones trip to China amid tensions between two countries
OTTAWA - Tourism Minister Melanie Joly won’t go to China to mark the end of a special year of tourism exchanges, she announced Friday, as relations between the two countries continued to plummet...
Dec 14, 2018
Kanye reignites Drake feud on Twitter, alleges threats
LOS ANGELES - Kanye West is not sending Christmas cheer to Drake. West appeared to reignite a feud with the fellow rapper in a series of tweets on Thursday in which he claimed Drake had called trying ...
Dec 14, 2018
US retail sales rose 0.2% in Nov., helped by holiday boost
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales increased a slight 0.2% in November, as strong sales tied to holiday shopping were offset by lower gasoline prices. The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales...
Dec 14, 2018
Priest takes pope's mandate - good deeds for all - across US
LOS ANGELES - Father Jim Sichko has a 50-state congregation and a simple mandate from the pope: Go forth and do good deeds. That’s why the Roman Catholic priest found himself standing by the dri...
Dec 14, 2018
EU leaders vow to press on with 'no-deal' Brexit plans
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders expressed deep doubts Friday that British Prime Minister Theresa May can live up to her side of their Brexit agreement and they vowed to step up preparations for a po...
Dec 14, 2018
Senate rebukes Trump, Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi, Yemen war
WASHINGTON - In back-to-back votes against Saudi Arabia, the Senate delivered an unusual rebuke of President Donald Trump’s response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and signalled new ...
Dec 14, 2018
Analysis: In democracies' political chaos, new model emerges
LONDON - Bickering in the Oval Office. Shouting at the Houses of Parliament. Rioting on the Champs-Elysees. It’s a chaotic moment for the countries that have long underpinned the global order, a...
Dec 14, 2018
7-year-old immigrant girl dies after Border Patrol arrest
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A 7-year-old girl who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol, federal immigration authorities con...
Dec 14, 2018