Category Archives: Canadian Press

Political leaders set tone for party on sexual misconduct: Singh
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has personally discussed the issue of sexual misconduct with his caucus members, and that his party has a zero-tolerance policy for such behaviour. It’s...
Jan 11, 2018
Five-year detention for Jamaican before deportation not 'cruel and unusual'
TORONTO - The five years a mentally ill man spent in maximum-security immigration custody before being deported to his native Jamaica did not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, Ontario’s to...
Jan 11, 2018

Actress Sorvino doesn't want Me Too movement to lose focus
PASADENA, Calif. - Actress Mira Sorvino said that she hopes the Me Too movement keeps its focus on sexual misconduct and doesn’t turn into a general women’s rights movement. Sorvino met wi...
Jan 11, 2018

Buyers urged to beware as two Chinese nationals charged in gold artifacts fraud
VANCOUVER - An investigation that stretched from British Columbia to San Francisco has led to charges against two Chinese nationals, accused in a scheme to sell what RCMP allege are phoney gold artifa...
Jan 11, 2018

Puerto Rico fears post-Maria murder surge: 11 days, 32 slain
CAROLINA, Puerto Rico - Before the sun rose on the first day of 2018, someone called 911 to report the charred, bullet-riddled body of a man with a snake-like tattoo on his left hand, lying beside a r...
Jan 11, 2018
Israeli leader Netanyahu stumps acclaimed mentalist
JERUSALEM - Acclaimed mentalist Lior Suchard appears to have met his match: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Suchard, who has wowed audiences around the world by guessing their secret bank P...
Jan 11, 2018
New Brunswick announces plan to provide free child care to low income families
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Low income families in New Brunswick will have access to free child care under a program announced by the provincial government. Premier Brian Gallant says providing access to free ...
Jan 11, 2018
Woman pleads guilty in scam to sell devices by claiming they cured cancer
An Ontario woman has pleaded guilty in a scam to sell light-emitting devices by falsely claiming they could treat more than 200 medical conditions, including cancer, autism and HIV, U.S. court documen...
Jan 11, 2018

Son denies molestation allegations against Franco Zeffirelli
MILAN - The son of Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli has issued a statement denying sexual molestation allegations against his father from actor Johnathon Schaech. Pippo Zeffirelli said in the s...
Jan 11, 2018
No charges for 77-year-old suspect after 'tragic' nursing-home homicide
HALIFAX - The “tragic” death of an elderly Halifax-area woman has been ruled a homicide, but investigators say no charges will be laid because the 77-year-old suspect is not criminally cul...
Jan 11, 2018