Category Archives: Canadian Press
Melania Trump returns to border state amid separation outcry
PHOENIX - First lady Melania Trump made a second visit to a border state Thursday, meeting face to face with people directly affected by her husband’s hard-line immigration policies. This time, ...
Jun 28, 2018
Fire sweeps through market in Kenya's capital, killing 15
NAIROBI, Kenya - A fire swept through one of Nairobi’s largest open-air markets early Thursday, killing 15 people and sending 70 injured to hospitals, an official said, as traders who lived ther...
Jun 28, 2018
Queen Elizabeth II 'under the weather,' cancels appearance
LONDON - Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II is feeling poorly and has cancelled a planned appearance. The palace said in a Thursday statement that the 92-year-old monarch “is feeling unde...
Jun 28, 2018
2 more Chilean bishops are out as pope cleans house
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignations of two more Chilean bishops, the latest fallout from a sex abuse scandal whose scope and gravity were initially underestimated by the ...
Jun 28, 2018
Quebec man charged in weekend slaying of landlord, 71, near Montreal
LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec man has been charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of a 71-year-old woman over the weekend. Christophe Oliviera was charged Thursday, hours after his arrest. A police...
Jun 28, 2018
Julia Roberts joins Instagram, makes first social media post
LOS ANGELES - Julia Roberts is getting social. The “Pretty Woman” star has joined Instagram and made her first ever social media post. It’s a photo of her sitting in grass wearing de...
Jun 28, 2018
Airstrikes pound southern Syria, causing thousands to flee
BEIRUT - Airstrikes pounded rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria on Thursday, killing at least 17 civilians in an underground shelter and driving thousands from their homes, as scores of displaced p...
Jun 28, 2018
Joe Jackson turned his children into stars, but at a price
NEW YORK - Joe Jackson once had his own dreams of success. He tried to be a boxer and then played guitar with a group called The Falcons. But he realized early on that there was an overwhelming pool o...
Jun 28, 2018
In the news today, June 28
Five stories in the news for Thursday, June 28 --- NAVDEEP BAINS: FIRST LIBERAL CANDIDATE FOR 2019 The Liberals have nominated their first candidate for next year’s federal election. At a Toront...
Jun 28, 2018
Private plane crashes in crowded Mumbai area; 5 people dead
MUMBAI, India - A small private plane crashed Thursday in a busy area of Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, killing five people including one person on the ground, police said....
Jun 28, 2018