Category Archives: Canadian Press
Authorities say bomber mocked Trump before subway attack
NEW YORK - The Bangladeshi immigrant arrested in a botched suicide bombing in the New York subway mocked President Donald Trump on Facebook on his way to carry out the attack, writing “Trump you...
Dec 12, 2017
'Alternative facts' remark tops 2017 list of notable quotes
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The use of the term “alternative facts” by Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Donald Trump, tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quot...
Dec 12, 2017
Houston 18-year-old arrested on charges of trying to aid IS
HOUSTON - A Houston 18-year-old has been arrested and charged with illegally distributing explosive-making information and attempting to support the Islamic State organization. The U.S. Justice Depart...
Dec 12, 2017
Homeless in Rio skyrockets, creating tensions, violence
RIO DE JANEIRO - One night about a year ago, Leandro Mota Generoso was sleeping on a street in downtown Rio de Janeiro when he felt something jagged strike his face. Somebody - he didn’t see the...
Dec 12, 2017
Freed prisoner witnessed radicalization in Egyptian jails
DUBLIN - An Irish citizen recently acquitted after four years of being imprisoned in Egypt says he saw dozens of cellmates become radicalized and adopt views of the Islamic State group during his brut...
Dec 12, 2017
Iceland closes gender gap but violence against women remains
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - For nine years in a row, the World Economic Forum has ranked Iceland as having the world’s smallest gender-equality gap, and for about as long gender studies professor Gyda ...
Dec 12, 2017
Math tutoring services popular as public schools struggle with poor math scores
TORONTO - Four years ago, Arsheen Abbas signed her son up for private after-school math lessons because she felt the Grade 4 subject curriculum was not rigorous enough. The Oakville, Ont., mother enro...
Dec 12, 2017
Budget watchdog details millions in potential GST revenues on carbon pricing
OTTAWA - A new report from Parliament’s budget watchdog says carbon pricing in four provinces could net the federal government more than $500 million over two years in GST revenues. The report b...
Dec 12, 2017
Garneau faces blow back from senators over air passenger bill of rights
OTTAWA - Marc Garneau’s hope the Senate would approve an air passenger rights bill by Christmas failed to take off Tuesday during a hearing marked by strong rebukes and a fiery exchange between ...
Dec 12, 2017
Ex-US deserter to NKorea who married Japanese abductee dies
TOKYO - Charles Jenkins, a U.S. Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has died. He was 77. Jenkins was found collapsed outside his home i...
Dec 12, 2017