Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex governor general Michaelle Jean in tough spot as la Francophonie vote nears
OTTAWA - The contest between Michaelle Jean and Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo for la Francophonie’s top post goes far beyond the spending questions that have plagued the fo...
Oct 08, 2018
Chretien predicts common sense will prevail in debate over religious symbols
OTTAWA - Jean Chretien says Quebec’s political class is “trapped” in a pointless debate over a non-existent problem: how to accommodate religious minorities. And the former prime min...
Oct 08, 2018
Canadian military says doubling in sex-assault reports a sign of progress
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces are explaining a dramatic increase in the number of sexual-assault reports last year as proof that efforts to crack down on such illicit behaviour in the military are havi...
Oct 08, 2018
Ontario student leaves N.S. university after alleged rapist returns to campus
She was an 18-year-old freshman from the Toronto area studying at St. Francis Xavier University, a small-town Nova Scotia school with red brick buildings, green sports fields and a lively school spiri...
Oct 08, 2018
China intenta contener caos por desaparición de funcionario
BEIJING - Las autoridades chinas batallan para contener un lo de relaciones pblicas por la desaparicin del expresidente de Interpol durante un viaje a su China natal cuando dijeron el lunes que era le...
Oct 08, 2018
Flyers' van Riemsdyk out 5-6 weeks with lower-body injury
PHILADELPHIA - Flyers winger James van Riemsdyk is out five to six weeks with a lower-body injury. General manager Ron Hextall announced the time frame for van Riemsdyk’s absence Monday. Van Rie...
Oct 08, 2018
Hillary, Bill Clinton to go on tour this year
NEW YORK - Now that Beyonce and Jay-Z are off the road, another power couple is taking their place: Hillary and Bill Clinton. The Clintons announced Monday they will visit four cities in 2018 and nine...
Oct 08, 2018
Supreme Court to hear questions in controversial Edmonton hotel killing case
OTTAWA - The case of an Ontario trucker acquitted in the death of an Alberta woman referred to at trial as a “native” and a “prostitute” is to go before the Supreme Court this ...
Oct 08, 2018
'What are you afraid of?': Quebec teachers decry proposed religious symbol ban
MONTREAL - Amrit Kaur’s turban never leaves her body, no matter what she does. The 27-year-old student teacher from Vaudreuil-Dorion, west of Montreal, has even figured out a way to shower with ...
Oct 08, 2018
Refuge areas crucial to saving bird species as climate changes: study
With more depressing results that suggest climate change threatens half of Canada’s songbirds with significant habitat loss, you might expect one of the new study’s authors to be downcast....
Oct 08, 2018