Category Archives: Canadian Press
Paul Bocuse, globe-trotting master of French cuisine, dies
PARIS - Paul Bocuse, the master chef who defined French cuisine for nearly half a century and put it on tables around the world, a man who raised the profile of top chefs from invisible kitchen artist...
Jan 20, 2018
IOC says North Korea to have 22 athletes in 5 Olympic sports
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - A Korean unity deal for the Pyeongchang Olympics will bring 22 North Korean athletes across the border to South Korea, where they will march as one under a unification flag at ...
Jan 20, 2018
Church conservatives question pope's airborne nuptials
LIMA, Peru - The honeymoon, as it were, is apparently over. A day after Pope Francis grabbed headlines by pronouncing two flight attendants man and wife while flying 36,000 feet over Chile, the conser...
Jan 20, 2018
Turkish ski bus accident kills 11, injures 44
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish officials say a bus carrying mostly people going on a ski trip has crashed into trees on the side of a road, killing 11 passengers and injuring 44 others. Governor Ozdemir Cak...
Jan 20, 2018
Cdn-born Israeli MP espouses gender equality, pro-pot and LGBTQ agenda
OTTAWA - In a year when the Harvey Weinstein scandal enabled women to uncloak years of unspoken sexual misconduct by prominent men, Toronto-born Sharren Haskel recalls the moment when she found her po...
Jan 20, 2018
The Latest: Djokovic into 4th round at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - The Latest on Saturday at the Australian Open (all times local): 9:35 p.m. Six-time champion Novak Djokovic is through to the Australian Open’s fourth round after a 6-2, 6...
Jan 20, 2018
Germany's Social Democrats consider opening govt talks
BERLIN - The leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats made a final push Saturday to try and convince party members to approve opening talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on fo...
Jan 20, 2018
Russian police face the unexpected: crocodile in basement
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian police had an unexpected encounter while searching a house in St. Petersburg - a crocodile in the basement. The Fontanka.ru news portal said the incident happened Thur...
Jan 20, 2018
Florida man sentenced to life for killing wife, her 2 kids
DELAND, Fla. - A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife and her two children. News outlets report that a judge made official on Friday the only punishment 36-year-old Lu...
Jan 20, 2018
Indian army soldiers fight fire from highly polluted lake
BANGALORE, India - Thousands of Indian troops battled for hours a huge fire emanating from a highly polluted lake, causing panic among thousands of people in the southern city of Bangalore, the army s...
Jan 19, 2018