Category Archives: Canadian Press
4-year-old boy shot, wounded in apparent case of road rage
WICHITA, Kan. - A man and a woman have been arrested in the shooting of 4-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident after one vehicle cut off another in a Kansas city. Wichita Police Chief Gordon...
Oct 18, 2018
Police lay charges against man accused of jumping naked into shark tank
TORONTO - A British Columbia man is facing charges in two separate but related incidents in Toronto, including one where he’s accused of jumping naked into a shark tank at an aquarium. Toronto P...
Oct 18, 2018
Putin: Russia 'ahead of competition' with latest weapons
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin hailed new missiles in Russia’s military arsenals but emphasized Thursday that the country would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile...
Oct 18, 2018
Film of Judy Blume's 'Are You There God?...' in development
LOS ANGELES - Judy Blume has at long last agreed to a feature film adaptation of her seminal 1970 young adult novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” Writer and director Kelly ...
Oct 18, 2018
Michael Buble shuts down rumours of retirement from music
LOS ANGELES - Michael Buble is shutting down rumours that he’s going to retire from music, saying he was misquoted in a recent interview. Buble told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is no...
Oct 18, 2018
Threatening letter prompts Indigenous family's move from Edmonton-area condo
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Police are investigating after an Indigenous family in an Edmonton-area condominium received a letter that appears to suggest harm may come to them if they don’t leave the ne...
Oct 18, 2018
New Zimbabwe documentary on massacres takes aim at president
HARARE, Zimbabwe - A new documentary on massacres by Zimbabwe’s military has led to harsh exchanges as the 1980s killings challenge a new president who preaches unity but refuses to apologize fo...
Oct 18, 2018
2 'Love & Hip Hop' stars arrested in separate incidents
ATLANTA - Two stars of this past season of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” have been arrested in separate incidents in metropolitan Atlanta. Atasha Chizaah Jefferson, known as To...
Oct 18, 2018
'I'll walk in my broken shoes': Mom, daughter flee Venezuela
PAMPLONA, Colombia - As night approached, Sandra Cadiz wrapped her shivering daughter in a blanket and prayed for a ride up the frigid Colombian mountaintop known as “the icebox.” Ten-year...
Oct 18, 2018
A look at Salinas, California, farm-rich but unaffordable
SALINAS, Calif. - Here’s a look at some key information about Salinas, one of the nation’s least affordable metro areas to live. It’s a phenomenon that’s plaguing California, f...
Oct 18, 2018