Category Archives: Canadian Press
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
Kazakhstan's president to step down after 30 years in power
MOSCOW - President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over t...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls
OTTAWA - The Liberal-dominated justice committee of the House of Commons pulled the plug Tuesday on its probe of the SNC-Lavalin affair, prompting fresh howls of opposition outrage and a walkout by Co...
Mar 19, 2019
NZ city scarred by shooting is home to white supremacists
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The leafy New Zealand city where a self-proclaimed racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known for its picturesque meandering river and English ...
Mar 19, 2019
Heat records falling twice as often as cold ones, AP finds
Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press data analysis shows. The AP loo...
Mar 19, 2019
Father and son who fled Syria are buried in New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first two funerals...
Mar 19, 2019
Filmmaker David Lynch teaching a class on creativity
LOS ANGELES - According to filmmaker David Lynch, all it takes are 70 ideas to make a feature film. The visionary mind behind “Blue Velvet,” ”Mulholland Drive” and “Twin ...
Mar 19, 2019
Judges grill lawyers in suit over Trump's Washington hotel
RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court on Tuesday grilled lawyers for the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia about their claims that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution b...
Mar 19, 2019