Category Archives: Canadian Press
Political leaders pledge to tackle gun violence following Toronto mass shooting
OTTAWA - Political leaders at all levels offered comforting words and pledged to work together following Sunday’s deadly shooting in Toronto, even as a new Statistics Canada report indicated gun...
Jul 23, 2018
Toronto's Greektown, known for bustling patio culture, becomes site of mass shooting
Toronto’s vibrant Greektown neighbourhood is best known by locals for its for bustling patios, a massive summer food festival and a plethora of dogs and strollers clogging sidewalks. It features...
Jul 23, 2018
Danforth rampage continues a deadly year of gun violence for Toronto
TORONTO - Sunday’s deadly rampage in Toronto marks the latest in a growing list of fatal shootings in the city. Gun deaths had accounted for 23 of Toronto’s 52 homicides this year - compar...
Jul 23, 2018
Georgia lawmaker uses racial slur, drops pants in TV series
ATLANTA - A Georgia lawmaker is the latest public figure caught with his pants down on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen’s new cable TV series, this time literally, as the state legislator exposes h...
Jul 23, 2018
Schools eye facial recognition technology to boost security
LOCKPORT, N.Y. - The surveillance system that has kept watch on students entering Lockport schools for over a decade is getting a novel upgrade. Facial recognition technology soon will check each face...
Jul 23, 2018
Deportations take unique toll on blended American families
BOCA DEL RXCDO, Mexico - It’s almost as if Letty Stegall is there, back home in the United States, beside her daughter to prod her awake for school. When her husband goes to the grocery store, s...
Jul 23, 2018
In bloodied Mexico, ambivalence, hope over amnesty proposal
MEXICO CITY - Lucia Diaz and other volunteers have found more than 300 bodies in clandestine graves along Mexico’s Gulf coast, and she embodies the trepidation, hope and fear with which Mexicans...
Jul 23, 2018
In Pakistan's elections, minorities face daunting challenge
ISLAMABAD - As Pakistan heads into parliamentary elections this week, the country’s minorities are looking for better representation and a voice that will speak up for them in what rights groups...
Jul 23, 2018
Drought forces emergency measures for US West's wild horses
SALT LAKE CITY - Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and spurring extreme measures to protect them. For what they say is the first time, volunte...
Jul 23, 2018
'In My Fillings': SC dentist goes viral with Drake challenge
GREENVILLE, S.C. - A South Carolina dentist’s submission in the viral dance challenge based on Drake’s latest No. 1 hit has a lot of potential patients in their feelings. News outlets repo...
Jul 23, 2018