Category Archives: Canadian Press
NewsAlert: Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad win Nobel Peace Prize
STOCKHOLM - The widely anticipated Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded this year to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who specializes in the treatment of women who have...
Oct 5, 2018
The Latest: Nobel winner stands up for persecuted minorities
OSLO - The Latest on the awarding of the Nobel Prizes (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Nobel Peace prize co-winner Nadia Murad of Iraq says she will share her award “with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds, oth...
Oct 5, 2018
Jailed film director stops hunger strike after 144 days
MOSCOW - Russian authorities say an imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker has stopped a hunger strike that lasted 144 days. Oleg Sentsov opposed Russia’s annexation of his native Crimea in 2014. He was...
Oct 5, 2018
Jailed film director stops hunger strike after 144 days
MOSCOW - A Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia for plotting acts of terrorism said Friday that he has brought an end to his 144-day hunger strike as he was facing the prospect of being force-fed....
Oct 5, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 5
Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 5 ___ TRUDEAU VISITS WINDSOR, ONT., TO TOUT NEW BRIDGE Fresh off his government’s completion of a trade deal to replace NAFTA, Prime Minister Justin Tru...
Oct 5, 2018
Canadians voted for a carbon tax, Trudeau says as provincial blowback grows
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians gave his government a mandate in the last election to implement a national carbon price and that is exactly what it is going to do. “Polluti...
Oct 5, 2018
Trend of low potency products expected in legal recreational cannabis market
As recreational marijuana legalization looms, some industry insiders are predicting a hot niche in the market for less potent products. At the centre of the shift is an expected influx of new consumer...
Oct 5, 2018
Father says Grade 10 worksheet was biased against right-wing views
VICTORIA - An assignment that asked students at a high school in British Columbia to identify the political leanings of racists and immigration opponents showed a bias against people with right-wing v...
Oct 5, 2018
Construction on Gordie Howe International Bridge officially underway: Trudeau
WINDSOR, Ont. - Construction on a multibillion-dollar bridge touted as a key link between Canada and the United States is officially underway, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Flanked by dig...
Oct 5, 2018
Weapon charge withdrawn against killer Paul Bernardo ahead of parole hearing
NAPANEE, Ont. - A minor weapon charge against notorious killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo was withdrawn on Friday almost two weeks before an expected parole hearing at which the dangerous offende...
Oct 5, 2018