Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump ditches media for golf game
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President-elect Donald Trump has ditched his press pool once again - this time travelling to play golf at his club in Jupiter, Florida, without a pool of journalists on hand to...
Dec 31, 2016
In 2017, GOP Congress sees mandate to undo Obama's agenda
WASHINGTON - Republicans’ grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama’s a...
Dec 31, 2016
website for Brazil's President Temer hacked
SAO PAULO - A website for the Brazilian president has been hacked, plastered with messages calling for the death penalty for legislators in a country where many are frustrated with public corruption. ...
Dec 31, 2016
Cuban conservatory students in New Orleans for jazz concert
NEW ORLEANS - Students from Cuba’s top music academy will present a free concert of big band jazz with a Cuban accent in New Orleans on Jan. 5. The non-profit group Horns to Havana says the 14-m...
Dec 31, 2016
Man in critical condition after early-morning shootout with Montreal police
MONTREAL - A man is in critical condition after being struck with at least one bullet during an early-morning confrontation with Montreal police. The province’s police oversight agency says offi...
Dec 31, 2016
Rome theatre fires orchestral director for denying Santa
MILAN - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Or else. An orchestral director lost his job at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome after telling an audience filled with children that the man in ...
Dec 31, 2016
Geraldine Ferraro's son pardoned for 1988 cocaine conviction
MONTPELIER, Vt. - The son of former vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro has been pardoned by the governor of Vermont nearly 30 years after he was convicted of selling cocaine to an undercover ...
Dec 31, 2016
Planned Parenthood asks judge to halt Texas Medicaid cuts
AUSTIN, Texas - Planned Parenthood has asked a federal judge to stop Texas from cutting it from the state’s Medicaid program, which the nation’s largest abortion provider says would reduce...
Dec 31, 2016
Worries grow as homicides spike in Virginia's capital city
RICHMOND, Va. - George Carrington III was excited to become a father. He loved cars and couldn’t wait to buy his son a Big Wheel tricycle, his mother said. But they never met - the 17-year-old w...
Dec 31, 2016
WSJ: Reporter detained in Turkey for nearly 3 days released
NEW YORK - The Wall Street Journal says one of its reporters was detained in Turkey for nearly three days before authorities allowed him to leave the country. Editor Gerard Baker says in a statement S...
Dec 31, 2016