Category Archives: Canadian Press
China hands down harsh sentence to rights activist
BEIJING - A prominent activist who calls himself the “Ultra Vulgar Butcher” for mocking and pressuring Chinese officials was given an eight-year prison sentence on charges of subversion, t...
Dec 25, 2017
Christmas brings Northeast blizzard, bitter cold in Midwest
CHICAGO - The good news for many in the Northeast and Midwest was that it has been a white Christmas. The bad news was that a blizzard swept into parts of New England and bitter cold enveloped much of...
Dec 25, 2017
Oklahoma school sued for alleged sex abuse of students
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma school and its board of directors are being sued on behalf of 15 girls who say they were molested by a teacher’s aide. The federal lawsuit filed Friday in Oklahoma Ci...
Dec 25, 2017
Mexico nabs alleged planner of journalist Breach's killing
MEXICO CITY - Federal police arrested a man early Monday suspected of planning and helping carry out the March murder of Miroslava Breach, one of the highest-profile journalists slain this year amid a...
Dec 25, 2017
North Korea UN ambassador demands US prove ransomware claim
TOKYO - North Korea’s envoy in charge of U.S. affairs at the United Nations demanded Washington provide evidence to back up its claim Pyongyang was behind the Wannacry ransomware attack, an alle...
Dec 25, 2017
Brent Hawkes, pastor who officiated Canada's first legal gay marriages, retires
TORONTO - The well-known Toronto pastor who officiated Canada’s first legally recognized same-sex marriages is delivered his final sermon Sunday. Rev. Brent Hawkes, who is also known for officia...
Dec 25, 2017
Lobsterman's gift at Christmas: Free lobsters for the needy
THOMASTON, Maine - A lobsterman in Maine has carried on his tradition of giving away lobsters to those in need on Christmas. Noah Ames set up his pickup truck in a parking lot in Thomaston on Sunday w...
Dec 25, 2017
Minneapolis police remove memorial left by hate group
Minneapolis police have removed a memorial that a white nationalist group created to honour an Australian woman killed by a Somali officer last summer. Police spokesman John Elder told Minnesota Publi...
Dec 25, 2017
Tunisia tries to defuse tension with UAE amid airline spat
TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia tried to smooth out emerging tensions with the United Arab Emirates on Monday after Emirates airline barred Tunisian women from boarding its flights and the North African coun...
Dec 25, 2017
Winter storm disrupts holidays in Atlantic Canada, thousands in N.S. without power
A winter storm has put a damper on the holidays in Atlantic Canada as forceful winds and a frosty deluge bear down on the region, disrupting travel plans and leaving tens of thousands of Nova Scotians...
Dec 25, 2017