Category Archives: Canadian Press
'My name is Lisa:' Immersive exhibit explores child abuse from kid's view
CALGARY - An exhibit in the United States that immerses people into the world of a child who has suffered abuse is being used by the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre to try and protect kids. Sara...
Oct 23, 2018
Yahoo to pay $50M, other costs for massive security breach
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were ...
Oct 23, 2018
Americans who don't have a bank account at lowest level ever
NEW YORK - The percentage of Americans who do not have a bank account fell to a record low last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday, a sign that the economic fortunes of the country...
Oct 23, 2018
Judge reverses order on media in alleged surgeon rape case
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - A California judge has reversed an order barring the media from reporting on search warrant documents in the case of a surgeon charged with sexual assault. Duffy Carolan, an at...
Oct 23, 2018
United troubles deepen as Madrid and Bayern grab tense wins
Even as Real Madrid and Bayern Munich returned to winning ways, Manchester United’s troubles only deepened. After again failing to arrive on time by bus for a Champions League game - except for ...
Oct 23, 2018
Quebec police begin removing red bands deemed provocative by Indigenous groups
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police officers have begun removing controversial red bands they had been wearing in solidarity with colleagues alleged to have abused Indigenous women. Officers began wea...
Oct 23, 2018
UN humanitarian chief says danger of 'big famine' in Yemen
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that “there is a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine engulfing Yemen.” Mark Lowcock told the Securi...
Oct 23, 2018
Tie in mayor's race in Peachland, B.C., could end in a name drawn at random
PEACHLAND, B.C. - There is intrigue in the mayor’s race in the small town of Peachland, B.C., where a verification process from Saturday’s vote revealed a tie of 804 votes for each of two ...
Oct 23, 2018
Meth addictions have government's attention: Manitoba health minister
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s health minister says there is evidence that people with addictions in the province are turning to methamphetamines. “Clearly there is evidence that people are migrati...
Oct 23, 2018
Mayor in London, Ont., elected after 14 rounds in Canada's 1st ranked ballot
The country’s first municipal vote to be held under a ranked-ballot system was finally decided on Tuesday, with a mayor declared after 14 rounds of counting. Under the system, in which voters pi...
Oct 23, 2018