Category Archives: Canadian Press
Suspect in Virginia car attack faces upgraded charge
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The man accused of driving into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces a new charge of first-degree murder after a court hearing Thursday in which...
Dec 14, 2017
Simmons says he will 'defend' himself following rape claims
NEW YORK - Music mogul Russell Simmons said on Instagram that he plans to defend himself a day after a New York Times story published claims by three women saying he raped them. The allegations in the...
Dec 14, 2017
Putin says Trump foes harm US with Russia collusion probes
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the U.S. is only hurting itself with investigations of alleged collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, and the Kremlin lea...
Dec 14, 2017
Space capsule with 3 astronauts returns to Earth
MOSCOW - Three astronauts returned to Earth on Thursday after nearly six months aboard the International Space Station, landing on the snow-covered steppes outside of a remote town in Kazakhstan. A Ru...
Dec 14, 2017
Bannon, undeterred, under siege from GOP after Alabama loss
NEW YORK - Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is catching blame from fellow Republicans for coughing up a safe Senate seat in deep-red Alabama and foisting damaging political advice on Preside...
Dec 14, 2017
Palestinians, a large Jerusalem minority, feel Trump snub
JERUSALEM - Pedestrians walk on a thick layer of soot from tires set ablaze in frequent clashes with Israeli troops. Cars navigate around potholes in streets littered with garbage. Motorists honk in a...
Dec 14, 2017
Dueling statistics used at hearing on racial bias in stings
CHICAGO - Dueling experts deployed statistics to make their case Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago in a first-of-its-kind hearing to determine if phoney drug stash-house stings run by federal...
Dec 14, 2017
New infrastructure agency names interim executive to oversee investments
OTTAWA - A board director for the new federal infrastructure financing agency is temporarily stepping down from his post to take on a top executive job in the organization. Bruno Guilmette was appoint...
Dec 14, 2017
Defence at Garnier trial raises issue of "automatism" with psychiatrist
HALIFAX - It’s possible Christopher Garnier was suffering from a rare condition in which he was not fully aware of his actions immediately following the death of off-duty police officer Catherin...
Dec 14, 2017
Aid group: At least 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
BANGKOK - International aid group Doctors Without Borders said its field survey has found at least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September in a crackdown by Myanmar’s sec...
Dec 14, 2017