Category Archives: Canadian Press
Toronto Transit Commission issues warning against 'Despacito' accordion buskers
TORONTO - A pair of accordion players performing the summer hit “Despacito” while appearing on subway trains in Toronto have been warned to stop or risk being fined, the city’s trans...
Apr 20, 2018
Germany: Truck tips over, floods field with fish
BERLIN - Oh sprat! A tractor-trailer tried to take a turn and toppled over, tipping its entire load of fish onto a German farmer’s field. Police says some 20 metric tons (22 tons) of sprat spill...
Apr 20, 2018
Maple syrup lost after remote operation burns to ground in Cape Breton
BOISDALE, N.S. - A maple syrup operation in Cape Breton has burned to the ground, destroying much of the family-run business’s product for the year. Highland Gold Maple Products, which has produ...
Apr 20, 2018
Couple pleads not guilty to beating death of 2-year-old son
BEREA, Ky. - A Kentucky couple has pleaded not guilty to bludgeoning the woman’s 2-year-old son to death. Seara Clements and William Butler have been charged with murder for Tristan’s Feb....
Apr 20, 2018
Michigan couple gives 14th son creative middle name
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Michigan couple had a little bit of fun naming their 14th son. Kateri and Jay Schwandt welcomed the birth of their son on Wednesday. Jay Schwandt said they’ve decided to ...
Apr 20, 2018
Official: Shotgun in guitar case was used in school shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A gunman carried a shotgun in a guitar case and opened fire Friday in a Florida high school, wounding one student before he was arrested on a day planned for a national classro...
Apr 20, 2018
Leak crackdown talk yields rare Comey, Trump agreement
WASHINGTON - James Comey and President Donald Trump seem to disagree on most everything, but the ex-FBI director’s memos show consensus on at least one thing: the need to hunt down leakers. The ...
Apr 20, 2018
AP-NORC Poll: Americans expect Russia tension will get worse
WASHINGTON - Americans largely fear the country’s relationship with Russia and China will get worse in the coming year, and despite signs of diplomatic progress with Kim Jong Un on nuclear weapo...
Apr 20, 2018
Trump lawyer told to file statement to slow porn star's suit
LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer must declare in writing that his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination is jeopardized unless there’s a delay in legal proc...
Apr 20, 2018
Pruitt reassigned lawmen as drivers, bodyguards in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY - As Oklahoma’s attorney general, Scott Pruitt assigned investigations agents from his office to be his driver and bodyguard, at times taking them on his frequent trips out of stat...
Apr 20, 2018