Category Archives: Canadian Press

Alicia Keys says Grammys will be about the 'power of music'
LOS ANGELES - Grammys host Alicia Keys previewed the show Thursday by rolling out the red carpet and dancing while Trombone Shorty played funk music with bandmates. Keys was all smiles as she joined G...
Feb 08, 2019

Man arrested for breaking into Mellencamp's Indiana home
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - An Indianapolis man has been arrested after ramming his SUV through a security gate at the home of rocker John Mellencamp and kicking in a door. The Monroe County Sheriff’s D...
Feb 08, 2019

Quebec City mosque killer Bissonnette sentenced to life, no parole for 40 years
QUEBEC - Alexandre Bissonnette was driven by “racism and hatred” when he stormed into a Quebec City mosque and gunned down six worshippers in 2017, a judge said Friday as he sentenced him ...
Feb 08, 2019

Ex-judge who advised Forces on sex assaults says reforms slow
OTTAWA - The Canadian military has been slow to change its highly sexualized culture, says former Supreme Court judge Marie Deschamps, who wrote a major report on the problem four years ago. Testifyin...
Feb 08, 2019
Mother charged with manslaughter in death of four-year-old son in Hamilton
A 39-year-old woman has been charged with manslaughter in the death of her four-year-old son after investigators spent more than a year probing the case, police in southern Ontario said Friday. Hamilt...
Feb 08, 2019

Former NY Times editor acknowledges sourcing errors in book
NEW YORK - The former executive editor of The New York Times acknowledged Thursday that her new book, “Merchants of Truth,” contains some sourcing errors and said she would correct them. I...
Feb 08, 2019

Man pleads no contest to stalking Rihanna at Hollywood home
LOS ANGELES - A man who authorities say broke into Rihanna’s Hollywood Hills home and spent 12 hours there when she was not home has pleaded no contest to stalking the singer. Los Angeles County...
Feb 08, 2019
Bebe Rexha calls out audience for jaded response to her song
NEW YORK - R&B singer H.E.R. gave a next-level performance, sister duo Chloe x Halle matched the greatness of their recent Super Bowl performance and pop singer Bebe Rexha went off on the crowd wh...
Feb 08, 2019

'This Is Us' star Milo Ventimiglia honoured at Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - “This Is Us” actor Milo Ventimiglia was Friday as Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Farkas Hall in Cambridge. The Emmy-nominated...
Feb 08, 2019
British, Irish leaders to meet amid Brexit tensions
LONDON - The British and Irish leaders were meeting Friday to discuss the Irish border - and mend fences - amid rising tensions between Britain and the European Union over Brexit. British Prime Minist...
Feb 08, 2019