Category Archives: Canadian Press
Director Polanski calls #MeToo "collective hysteria"
WARSAW, Poland - Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, who fled the United States 40 years ago as a sex offender awaiting sentencing, says he views the #MeToo movement as “collective hysteria&...
May 09, 2018
Yemen's Iran-allied rebels fire missiles at Saudi capital
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Yemen’s Shiite rebels fired ballistic missiles at the Saudi capital on Wednesday, according to the rebels and the Saudi military, which said its air defence forces interce...
May 09, 2018
Markle had a Hollywood-but-humble youth before royalty rang
LOS ANGELES - Meghan Markle’s road to royalty ran through Hollywood. The American actress set to marry Prince Harry May 19 spent her formative years in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Hollywood...
May 09, 2018
Dog rescued from Colorado wastewater treatment plant
A 2-year-old English mastiff led astray by an escape-prone hound dog is happy to be home, but still stinks after being found stranded in muck at a wastewater treatment plant in Colorado. Gidget’...
May 09, 2018
Liberal government still plans to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, McKenna says
OTTAWA - The federal government still intends to do away with subsidies to fossil fuel companies, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday - even as Ottawa prepares to put cash on the tab...
May 09, 2018
A sticky mess: liquid chocolate spills onto Polish highway
WARSAW, Poland - A tractor-trailer has overturned on a Polish highway, spilling tons of liquid chocolate that are solidifying into a huge sticky mess. The private broadcaster TVN24 showed images of an...
May 09, 2018
In the news today, May 9
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 9 --- CANADA TO APOLOGIZE FOR REJECTING JEWISH REFUGEE SHIP Canada will formally apologize for turning away a boat full of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germa...
May 09, 2018
Summer jobs program shows 'totalitarian' tendency: ex-religious freedom envoy
OTTAWA - Canada’s former religious freedom ambassador says the Trudeau government is displaying “totalitarian” tendencies with its controversial changes to the student summer jobs pr...
May 09, 2018
Charlevoix's century-old Manoir Richelieu turns into fortress as G7 summit nears
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Jean-Jacques Etcheberrigaray, the general manager of the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu hotel, was visiting relatives in the south of France in his native Basque region about a year a...
May 09, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen Latvia 5 South Korea 0 Finland 7 Norway 0 At Herning, Denmark Slovakia 4 Austria 2 Czech Republic 5 Switzerland 4 (SO) — AHL Playoffs ...
May 09, 2018