Category Archives: Canadian Press
Coroner's inquest to be held into fatal Radiohead stage collapse in Toronto
TORONTO - A coroner’s inquest into the death of a drum technician killed in a stage collapse at a Radiohead concert in Toronto five years ago was welcomed Thursday by the British man’s fam...
Nov 30, 2017
Geraldo Rivera sorry for calling news business 'flirty'
NEW YORK - Geraldo Rivera has apologized for calling the news business “flirty” in the wake of “Today” show host Matt Lauer’s firing by NBC over sexual misconduct allegat...
Nov 30, 2017
Canada's top court to hear Vice Media fight RCMP demand for reporter materials
TORONTO - Canada’s top court agreed on Thursday to weigh in on a case in which the ability of journalists to do their work conflicts with the ability of police and prosecutors to do theirs. The ...
Nov 30, 2017
The silence after the blast: How the Halifax Explosion was nearly forgotten
HALIFAX - A boy presses his small face up to a cold window pane. It’s an early winter morning, and two ships in Halifax harbour are exchanging a cacophony of horn blasts. Vessels use these loud ...
Nov 30, 2017
Defence will try to shift focus to North Korea in Kim murder
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Malaysia’s high-profile trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korean leader has gone into recess until next year. Indonesia’s Siti...
Nov 30, 2017
African music star in exile awaits real change for Zimbabwe
EUGENE, Ore. - As Zimbabweans celebrated the ouster of dictator Robert Mugabe, they danced on the streets to previously banned protest songs by one of the country’s most famous musicians - a man...
Nov 30, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: Anti-Muslim videos misrepresent what happened
WASHINGTON - Like much other propaganda, the anti-Muslim videos spread around by President Donald Trump mix grains of truth, fakery and shades in between, overlaid with a message meant to be a blunt h...
Nov 30, 2017
Democrat criticizes Sessions' non-answer on talks with Trump
WASHINGTON - The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says Attorney General Jeff Sessions would not directly answer in a closed-door interview Thursday whether President Donald Trump ever ...
Nov 30, 2017
Pelosi's daughter shakes up California harassment debate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Christine has taken the spotlight in the sexual harassment scandal enveloping California’s Legislature with her clai...
Nov 30, 2017
Prosecutor: Container Croat drank from held deadly chemical
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A deadly chemical was in the container from which a Croat war criminal drank shortly before dying, a Dutch prosecutor said Thursday, as an independent investigation into the d...
Nov 30, 2017