Category Archives: Canadian Press
Country band Alabama mark 50 years with new tour
NASHVILLE - Country band Alabama will mark their 50th year together with a new tour in 2019, more than a year after founding member Jeff Cook announced that he has Parkinson’s disease. The Gramm...
Dec 17, 2018
Jesuits sent abusive priests to retire on Gonzaga's campus
On the surface, Father James Poole seemed like the cool priest in Nome, Alaska. He founded a Catholic mission radio station that broadcast his Jesuit sermons alongside contemporary pop hits. A 1978 st...
Dec 17, 2018
Jeff Bridges to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Globes
LOS ANGELES - Jeff Bridges may have once been considered as one of Hollywood’s most underappreciated actors, but next month’s Golden Globe Awards will showcase his life and illustrious car...
Dec 17, 2018
Meghan's father Thomas Markle appeals to her to call home
LONDON - Thomas Markle appealed to his daughter Meghan to call home, saying Monday they hadn’t spoken since her wedding to Prince Harry in May. The former actress, now known as the Duchess of Su...
Dec 17, 2018
Green light for class action over 'mesmerizing' video lottery terminals
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An intriguing court case that alleges Crown-owned video lottery terminals are inherently deceptive and violate the Criminal Code has reached a critical milestone in Newfoundla...
Dec 17, 2018
Top of mind: 'Justice' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year
NEW YORK - Racial justice. Obstruction of justice. Social justice. The Justice Department. Merriam-Webster has chosen “justice” as its 2018 word of the year, driven by the churning news cy...
Dec 17, 2018
Report: Iranian steel mill workers detained after protests
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian authorities detained an unspecified number of steel mill workers after five weeks of protests over delays in salaries, a semi-official news agency reported Monday The report by ...
Dec 17, 2018
Locked away, forgotten: Muslim Uighur wives of Pakistani men
ISLAMABAD - The last time Chaudhry Javed Atta saw his wife was over a year ago - the Pakistani trader in dried and fresh produce was leaving their home in northwestern China’s heavily Muslim Xin...
Dec 17, 2018
US, China spar again over respective trade policies
GENEVA - China and the United States clashed again over their respective trade policies Monday at a time the two countries are trying to iron out their differences so further U.S. tariffs are not impo...
Dec 17, 2018
Mom in toddler tussle video says she went into defence mode
NEW YORK - A mother who had her toddler yanked from her arms by New York police in a widely seen video said in an interview published Sunday that she went into “defence mode.” “In my...
Dec 17, 2018