Category Archives: Canadian Press
1968 LA school walkout protesters see link to Parkland teens
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Participants in a 1968 Los Angeles high school walkout to protest dropout rates and paddle beatings for speaking Spanish that ended up prompting a wave of Mexican-American youth ac...
Mar 12, 2018
West Side, 4 stories: Development features movable building
NEW YORK - The city’s bid to host the 2012 Games in a rebuilt neighbourhood of rail yards and industrial buildings never came to fruition, but the massive Hudson Yards project rising there now i...
Mar 12, 2018
In Russia, suspicions over spy's poisoning point to Britain
MOSCOW - Since a former Russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned in Britain a week ago, suspicions about Russia’s possible handiwork have run high - except in major Russian news outle...
Mar 12, 2018
Peace deal backers suffer in Colombia congress elections
BOGOTA - Colombian voters turned to right-wing parties critical of the country’s peace deal with the main leftist rebels and knocked the current president’s party down in congressional ele...
Mar 12, 2018
Bids to curb health care costs offer little more than talk
WASHINGTON - It started as a bipartisan attempt to curb soaring health care premiums. But Congress’ effort to stabilize the nation’s insurance markets is faltering amid escalating demands ...
Mar 12, 2018
Officials tight-lipped in attack on California veterans home
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. - Authorities in Northern California have so far been tight-lipped about why a former Army rifleman may have killed three women after a daylong siege at a veterans home in Napa Coun...
Mar 12, 2018
Death penalty sought in case of 8 Mississippi killings
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - A Mississippi man accused of eight killings pleaded not guilty Monday to all charges, including four counts of capital murder for which prosecutors said they would seek the death p...
Mar 12, 2018
Rapper Juelz Santana turns himself in to face weapons charge
NEWARK, N.J. - A rapper sought after a gun was found in a carry-on bag containing his identification at a New York City area airport last week has surrendered to authorities. Authorities say Juelz San...
Mar 12, 2018
New foreign investment promotion agency has work cut out for it: leaders
OTTAWA - The two top businessmen named to lead Canada’s new foreign investment promotion agency say they’ve got their work cut out for them. That’s because Invest in Canada and its d...
Mar 12, 2018
Advocacy group calls on governments to act on sugary, alcoholic drinks
MONTREAL - A non-profit group that advocates for sensible alcohol consumption chided the federal and provincial governments Monday for what it calls their inaction on sugary alcohol drinks following t...
Mar 12, 2018