Category Archives: Canadian Press

Vatican in 'shame and sorrow' over abuses in Pennsylvania
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican expressed “shame and sorrow” Thursday over a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report about clergy who raped and molested children in six dioceses in that state, ...
Aug 16, 2018
University honours students who found love in elevator in '72
Philadelphia’s Temple University is honouring a 45-year relationship sparked in a campus elevator. Sharyn Rubin and Eric Schlesinger briefly met on move-in day on Sept. 6, 1972, while she was mo...
Aug 16, 2018

Low-income earners spending 'absurd' amounts on communications, says advocate
OTTAWA - Canada’s telecom regulator says the average household spent nearly $223 every month on communications services, including mobile phones, landlines, internet and cable TV in 2016. But lo...
Aug 16, 2018

RCMP appeal for tips, dashcam footage in German tourist shooting west of Calgary
AIRDRIE, Alta. - RCMP say investigators are open to the possibility that road rage or mistaken identity played a role in the shooting of a German tourist earlier this month west of Calgary. Police han...
Aug 16, 2018
Tim Hortons looks to rebuild its brand with better lid, new marketing campaign
TORONTO - The president of Tim Hortons is fed up with the leaky brown tops on its coffee cups that haven’t changed a bit in 20 years - so much that he pushed the company to turn over a new leaf ...
Aug 16, 2018

'There's been a lot of devastation:' man whose family lost homes in B.C. fire
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Residents of a tiny northwestern British Columbia town ravaged by a massive wildfire are determined to extinguish the flames and rebuild their community, family members say. Dan ...
Aug 16, 2018

Alberta MP mourning newborn daughter's death from genetic disorder
CALGARY - An Alberta Conservative MP has posted a touching online tribute following the death of his newborn daughter from a genetic disorder. Tom Kmiec, who represents the riding of Calgary Shepard, ...
Aug 16, 2018
'Respect' indeed: Aretha flipped man's song into epic anthem
NEW YORK - It’s easy to forget that “Respect” wasn’t originallyArethaFranklin’s song. But the Queen of Soul sang it like it was made for her, and for only her. She transf...
Aug 16, 2018
'No one did it better' - Reaction to Aretha Franklin's death
Reaction to the death of soul icon Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday: “Through her compositions and unmatched musicianship, Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could ...
Aug 16, 2018
AP NewsBreak: No plea deals in Oakland warehouse fire case
SAN FRANCISCO - A Northern California district attorney has reversed course and says she will no longer consider plea deals to resolve the only criminal case filed in connection to a 2016 warehouse fi...
Aug 16, 2018