Category Archives: Canadian Press
SpongeBob wants to know how 'The Rock' became 'The Rock'
NEW YORK - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a new friend on social media and he lives under the sea. SpongeBob Squarepants on Friday tagged Johnson in a tweet asking what inspired his nicknam...
Jun 04, 2018
Bill Clinton bristles at questions on Lewinsky, #MeToo
WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton says the #MeToo movement is overdue. Just don’t ask him about Monica Lewinsky. In an interview with NBC’s “Today Show” released Monda...
Jun 04, 2018
Laura Prepon and Ben Foster have tied the knot
NEW YORK - “Orange Is the New Black” actress Laura Prepon is married. The 38-year-old tweeted a photo and announced on Sunday that she and 37-year-old actor Ben Foster had tied the knot. P...
Jun 04, 2018
Winter-weary Newfoundland wakes to dusting of snow, frigid wind chills
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Some people waking up in parts of Newfoundland got a wintry jolt when they looked out their window Monday and saw white. A light dusting of snow blanketed areas around Gander ...
Jun 04, 2018
In the news today, June 4
Five stories in the news for Monday, June 4 --- GROUP CALLS FOR HEP C TESTING OF ALL BABY BOOMERS New guidelines recommend that all Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 - baby-boomers - be t...
Jun 04, 2018
Canada scrambled to figure out Trump 'Muslim ban,' U.S. documents show
OTTAWA - Not only were Canadian officials scrambling to limit problems for travellers, they were simply trying to grasp what was going on when the Trump administration issued an executive order last y...
Jun 04, 2018
Some victims of ski coach Bertrand Charest speak of robbed childhoods
MONTREAL - Four of the women sexually assaulted and abused by disgraced national ski coach Bertrand Charest spoke publicly Monday about what they endured, saying they are...
Jun 04, 2018
Report calling for moratorium on raves draws comparison with "Footloose"
EDMONTON - Critics of a city report in Edmonton that recommends a moratorium on raves are comparing the idea to a well-known 1980s movie where a town bans dancing. The report that’...
Jun 04, 2018
Guatemala volcano death toll up to 69, expected to rise
EL RODEO, Guatemala - Rescuers pulled survivors and bodies from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, as the death toll rose to 69 on Monday and was expe...
Jun 04, 2018
Trump, lawyers lay out expansive presidential powers view
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump claimed Monday he has an “absolute right” to pardon himself, part of an extraordinarily expansive vision of executive authority that is mostly untested ...
Jun 04, 2018