Category Archives: Canadian Press
Past SNL performers, staff sign statement supporting Franken
MINNEAPOLIS - A group of women who worked alongside Al Franken on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” have signed a statement of support for the Minnesota senator. Last week, broadcaster Lee...
Nov 21, 2017
Newborn, mother and grandmother all share same birthday
PRINCETON, N.J. - A New Jersey family won’t have trouble remembering three generations of birthdays. A newborn, his mother and grandmother were all born on Nov. 19. Grandmother Clara Gregory sai...
Nov 21, 2017
Vatican, China exchange art amid stall in hard diplomacy
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican and China are planning a first-ever exchange of artworks for exhibits in China and the Vatican Museums, as the two states forge ahead with soft diplomacy amid a stalemate in...
Nov 21, 2017
Kathy Griffin: Trump photo put me on 'Hollywood blacklist'
Kathy Griffin says she is in the middle of a “Hollywood blacklist” after taking a photo holding a fake severed head that resembled President Donald Trump. The comedian is currently on a wo...
Nov 21, 2017
Rapper Nelly's planned Saudi gig sparks social media stir
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Rapper Nelly is to perform in Saudi Arabia next month, but his planned concert in the ultraconservative kingdom is not being welcomed by everyone. Some Saudis on social media ar...
Nov 21, 2017
Nations decide to increase quota for Atlantic Bluefin tuna
MARRAKECH, Morocco - Countries fishing the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean agreed Tuesday to expand the annual quota for prized Bluefin tuna to reflect an improvement in their stocks. Environme...
Nov 21, 2017
Big Tobacco's anti-smoking ads begin after decade of delay
WASHINGTON - Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend - but not by choice. Under court order, the tobacco industry for the f...
Nov 21, 2017
Thanksgiving tribe reclaims language lost to colonization
MASHPEE, Mass. - The Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors shared a Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago is reclaiming its long-lost language, one schoolchild at a time. “Weeso...
Nov 21, 2017
US slaps new sanctions on North Korean, Chinese companies
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration imposed new sanctions Tuesday on a slew of North Korean shipping firms and Chinese trading companies in its latest push to isolate the rogue nation over its nucle...
Nov 21, 2017
Syria in ruins but Assad's hold on power looks firm
BEIRUT - His nation is a smouldering ruin, much of it held by rival armed factions, domestic or foreign. Half the population is displaced, hundreds of thousands have died and much of the West regards ...
Nov 21, 2017