Category Archives: Canadian Press
Fire in Sao Paulo squat shines light on housing shortage
SAO PAULO - Marta Maria Maia da Fonseca and her husband shared the conundrum of tens of thousands of working class families in Sao Paulo: They couldn’t afford to rent an apartment in the city...
May 08, 2018
No apology from Nova Scotia premier to teen cleared in privacy-breach case
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is not offering an apology to a 19-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly breaching the province’s freedom-of-information website. Police drop...
May 08, 2018
'Castrate the enemy': Violence grips Burundi ahead of vote
BUJUMBURA, Burundi - One ruling party official urged supporters “to castrate the enemy.” Another called for drowning the regime’s opponents in a lake. Such hate speech spells trouble...
May 08, 2018
Under pressure to clamp down on semi-automatics, Trudeau defers to police
OTTAWA - Police, not politicians, should decide what restrictions to place on specific kinds of guns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, his Liberal government under renewed pressure to curb ...
May 08, 2018
Siblings charged in sweeping immigration probe on Prince Edward Island
After a sweeping immigration probe, two Charlottetown hoteliers have been charged with helping set up fake addresses for Chinese immigrants who entered Prince Edward Island under a business program th...
May 08, 2018
NDP MP who called out colleague suspended amid sex misconduct allegations
OTTAWA - Less than a week after her own allegations got a fellow MP kicked out of the NDP caucus, Christine Moore found herself suspended from party duties Tuesday amid allegations of inappropriate se...
May 08, 2018
Finding his way: Transformed Prince Harry ready to marry
LONDON - It was a statement that confirmed Prince Harry’s burgeoning maturity and his iron determination to struggle for what he cherishes and believes in. Ready to fight for his right to lead a...
May 08, 2018
Drug supply firm execs say they didn't cause opioids crisis
WASHINGTON - Top executives of the nation’s leading wholesale drug distributors told Congress under oath Tuesday that their companies didn’t help cause the nation’s deadly opioid epi...
May 08, 2018
911 callers reported seeing military plane fall from sky
SAVANNAH, Ga. - In frantic calls to 911, witnesses reported a fiery tragedy that dropped suddenly from above: a military cargo plane, one of its engines apparently not working, crashing nose-first ont...
May 08, 2018
Mortgage rate increases at Big Six banks could trigger rise in qualifying rate
TORONTO - Canada’s Big Six banks have all increased their benchmark fixed-rate mortgage rate, a move analysts say could trigger a rise in the Bank of Canada’s qualifying mortgage rate as e...
May 08, 2018