Category Archives: Canadian Press
In public spat, Trump taunts Sessions, AG doesn't keep quiet
WASHINGTON - Harshly criticized yet again by his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday abandoned his usual stony silence and pushed back against President Donald Trump for saying Sessions&...
Feb 28, 2018
In Oscar best-picture race, an unprecedented nail biter
NEW YORK - Even supposing the right envelope is read at the end of Sunday night’s Oscars, the night’s final moment should be one of high drama. Usually by now, a consensus favourite has em...
Feb 28, 2018
NewsAlert: White House communications director Hope Hicks resigns
WASHINGTON - An Associated Press source says White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most loyal aides, is resigning. More coming. The Associated Pres...
Feb 28, 2018
Edmonton judge finds woman who killed daughter not criminally responsible
EDMONTON - An Edmonton mother who was mentally ill when she nearly decapitated her daughter has been found not criminally responsible in the young woman’s death. A judge has ruled that Christine...
Feb 28, 2018
White House communications director Hope Hicks resigning
WASHINGTON - White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation Wednesday, leaving a void ...
Feb 28, 2018
Vatican sex abuse investigator wraps up his mission in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile - The Vatican’s sex crimes investigator has ended his mission in Chile, and Roman Catholic officials say he plans to deliver a report to the pope on a Chilean bishop who has been...
Feb 28, 2018
Spotify's music service seeks to drum up $1 billion in IPO
SAN FRANCISCO - Music-streaming pioneer Spotify is hoping to attract a new crowd of fans on Wall Street to help fend off a growing competitive threat posed by Apple. Spotify will expand its financial ...
Feb 28, 2018
Russia and Syria clash with US and West on Syria cease-fire
Russia and Syria clashed with the U.S. and its Western allies Wednesday over responsibility for the failure of a cease-fire to take hold in Syria as the U.N. said humanitarian convoys are ready to hea...
Feb 28, 2018
Top executive behind TV's 'Fuller House' is fired
NEW YORK - Producers of the Netflix remake “Fuller House” have fired the top executive behind the show amid charges about his behaviour on the set. Warner Brothers Television said Wednesda...
Feb 28, 2018
AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans say Trump is racist
WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for His...
Feb 28, 2018