Category Archives: Canadian Press
Regimental funeral to be held today for Mountie killed while helping motorists
MONCTON, N.B. - A regimental funeral will be held today in New Brunswick for a member of the RCMP killed in a collision last week when he stopped to help motorists change a flat tire. Const. Frank Des...
Sep 20, 2017
Music teacher suspended after rap assignment angers parent
DECATUR, Ga. - A Georgia middle school music teacher who assigned homework featuring explicit rap lyrics has been suspended. Crishana Wright, the parent of a student at Bethune Middle School in DeKalb...
Sep 20, 2017
'Historic exodus' from Myanmar: US gives $32M for Rohingya
NEW YORK - The United States will contribute nearly $32 million in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya Muslim refugees, the State Department said Wednesday, in the Trump administration’s first maj...
Sep 20, 2017
Incoming governor general meets with Queen for first time
Canada’s incoming Governor General has had her first audience with the Queen. The Governor General’s office says Julie Payette met with Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle, her summer home ...
Sep 20, 2017
New mom Serena Williams thanks mother for being a role model
New mom Serena Williams is thanking her own mother for being the role model she says she needed. In an open letter to her mother posted to Reddit , Williams calls mom Oracene Price “one of the s...
Sep 20, 2017
Courier ordered to pay damages after stallion sperm shipment loses its potency
HALIFAX - A multinational courier has been ordered to pay damages for taking two days to deliver stallion sperm after a Halifax adjudicator found customers were justified in expecting overnight servic...
Sep 20, 2017
Kokomo says goodbye to Banksy's 'Haight Street Rat'
KOKOMO, Ind. - For a little over a month, the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library played host to art from one of the world’s most famous – and elusive – street artists. This weekend,...
Sep 20, 2017
London police arrest 2 more in subway bombing investigation
LONDON - British counterterror police arrested two more people Wednesday in relation to the London subway attack, bringing the number to five. Detectives arrested a 48-year-old man and a 30-year-old m...
Sep 20, 2017
Eight stories in the news for today, Sept. 20
Eight stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 20 --- PACKED DAY AWAITS PM TRUDEAU IN NEW YORK Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a packed agenda today in New York City as he prepares for his speech on...
Sep 20, 2017

Trudeau meets world leaders, promotes Canada for Security Council seat
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau found himself in a whirlwind, 10-meeting day in New York City on Wednesday as he prepared Canada’s campaign for a temporary seat on the United Nations Se...
Sep 20, 2017