Category Archives: Canadian Press
Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor dies at age 79
NEW DELHI - Shashi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actor and producer from the 1970s and ’80s, has died after a long illness. He was 79. A family member, Randhir Kapoor, said he passed away Monday a...
Dec 4, 2017
Russian court keeps theatre director under house arrest
MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Monday ruled that a prominent theatre and film director who is being investigated for fraud must remain under house arrest. Kirill Serebrennikov, arguably Russia’s bes...
Dec 4, 2017
Police arrest 1 man in fatal shooting of Good Samaritan; seeking 2nd suspect
Police arrested one man and were looking for another Monday in the fatal shooting of a Good Samaritan in Hamilton, a case that also prompted the city’s paramedic service to investigate its respo...
Dec 4, 2017
Hernandez lawyers want to keep daughter's lawsuit separate
BOSTON - Lawyers for the estate of late NFL star Aaron Hernandez are trying to prevent a $20 million lawsuit against the National Football League from being merged with a wider class-action suit addre...
Dec 4, 2017
Hilton the shark heads south after long sojourn off Nova Scotia coast
HALIFAX - A well-loved great white shark has finally taken his leave from Canadian waters and is heading south for the holidays, but not before sending well wishes to his northerly fans. Hilton, a tag...
Dec 4, 2017
'I never wanted to hurt anybody,' accused killer says in death of off-duty cop
HALIFAX - A sobbing Christopher Garnier insisted he “never wanted to hurt anybody” during a police interrogation hours after he was arrested in the killing of an off-duty police officer. G...
Dec 4, 2017
Suspicious package delivered to German governor's office
BERLIN - German officials said Monday they have secured a suspicious package delivered to a state governor’s office and were investigating it for possible explosives. Thuringia governor Bodo Ram...
Dec 4, 2017
HIV-positive community says Ontario action on non-disclosure first step of long process
TORONTO - A move by the Ontario government to limit the prosecution of HIV-positive people who don’t disclose their status to sexual partners is being called a step in the right direction by tho...
Dec 4, 2017
UN voices alarm about spread of HIV in Egypt
CAIRO - The U.N. is voicing alarm over the spread of HIV in Egypt, where the number of new cases is growing by up to 40 per cent a year, and where efforts to combat the epidemic are hampered by social...
Dec 4, 2017
Rahul Gandhi set to be opposition Congress party chief
NEW DELHI - Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, submitted nomination papers Monday to succeed his mother as president of the main opposition Congress party, which ...
Dec 4, 2017