Category Archives: Canadian Press
Some provinces creating challenges for infrastructure projects: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Unco-operative provincial governments have been making the effort to get more infrastructure dollars into Canada’s cities a challenge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. Trudeau...
Jan 28, 2019
Arkansas man pleads guilty to attempted plane theft charge
TEXARKANA, Ark. - A 19-year-old Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to trying to steal a commercial plane so he could fly to Chicago to attend a rap concert. The Texarkana Gazette reports that Zemarcuis S...
Jan 28, 2019
Kingston youth facing terror charges held until at least next week
KINGSTON, Ont. - A youth facing terrorism charges in Kingston, Ont., will be back in court next week, after his lawyer has had more time to study his case. The RCMP charged the youth last week, saying...
Jan 28, 2019
Postal Service honours entertainer Gregory Hines with stamp
NEW YORK - The U.S. Postal Service is honouring entertainer Gregory Hines with a Black Heritage Series stamp. Acting chief postal inspector Gary Barksdale is hosting the first day of issue ceremony Mo...
Jan 28, 2019
Toronto FC says Giovinco absence from training camp is health-related
TORONTO - Amidst reports that a transfer was in the works, star striker Sebastian Giovinco left Toronto FC’s California training camp on Monday. But a club spokesman said the absence was health-...
Jan 28, 2019
Rare red panda found after escape from Belfast Zoo
LONDON - Officials say a rare red panda is safe and sound, a day after it escaped from Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland. The animal went missing on Sunday, and Belfast City Council had urged members of...
Jan 28, 2019
AP-NORC poll: Most Americans oppose Trump's foreign policy
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling U.S. foreign policy and about half think the country’s global standing will deteriorate during the n...
Jan 28, 2019
After the overdose: A family's journey into grief and guilt
LA QUINTA, Calif. - There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug Biggers se...
Jan 28, 2019
On land acknowledgments, some Indigenous advocates are ambivalent
Canada’s growing embrace of Indigenous land acknowledgments appears to have left some First Nations advocates ambivalent about whether they are a form of reconciliation - or institutional hypocr...
Jan 28, 2019
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4 1/2 years
BEIJING - Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in ...
Jan 28, 2019