Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police: Woman, man rescued from New York City's East River
New York City police say a naked woman pulled from the East River was screaming incoherently as she swam under a pier and told officers rescuing her that she had no interest in getting out of the wate...
Aug 02, 2018
Boat was on autopilot in fatal ramming: 'No time for either vessel to manoeuvre'
BEACH POINT, P.E.I. - A fishing boat that rammed into another vessel - landing on top of its deck and killing two people - was on autopilot, according to the Transportation Safety Board. The board say...
Aug 02, 2018
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa wins 1st post-Mugabe election
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won election Friday with just over 50 per cent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vot...
Aug 02, 2018
USC Annenberg suspends use of Moonves' name on media centre
LOS ANGELES - The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism will temporarily suspend the use of the media centre’s name: The Julie Chen/Leslie Moonves and CBS Media Center. In a stat...
Aug 02, 2018
In the news today, Aug. 2
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 2 --- TRIAGE FOR BORDER CROSSERS DELAYED AGAIN A long-promised triage system aimed at redirecting irregular border crossers from crowded shelters in Montreal...
Aug 02, 2018
Israelis tickled by Sacha Baron Cohen's grotesque caricature
JERUSALEM - Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again. After tapping into his familiarity with Israel and his fluency in Hebrew to shape previous eccentric personas such as Borat and Bruno, the Jewish comedian...
Aug 02, 2018
Vancouver walks tightrope between protecting panoramas against housing needs
VANCOUVER - Paris has its Eiffel Tower, Chicago has its architectural skyline and Vancouver has its sweeping ocean and mountain views. But the housing crunch in the city has prompted debate about the ...
Aug 02, 2018
Triage system for border crossers won't be in place until late September
OTTAWA - A long-promised triage system aimed at redirecting irregular border crossers from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto will not be in place until as late as the end of September. The fede...
Aug 02, 2018
Bernier touts himself as the only politician to want truly free trade with U.S.
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Maxime Bernier says he’s the only politician in Ottawa who supports truly free trade with the U.S., and while it’s not his role to negotiate NAFTA with U.S. Presid...
Aug 02, 2018
The corporate climb: women locked out of old boys' club in misguided Me Too backlash
TORONTO - A lawyer is asked whether a male executive should leave the door open when meeting with a woman. A consultant’s longtime male client will only take a meeting with her if someone else i...
Aug 02, 2018