Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cultural respect identified as key for better cancer outcomes among Indigenous
VANCOUVER - Seeing a painting of two Indigenous women standing at the foot of a mountain and gazing at the moon instantly made Johnna Sparrow feel she was being supported as she dealt with breast canc...
Jun 25, 2018
A look at UN helicopter flights in Mali by Germans, Belgians
GAO, Mali - Canadian military helicopters will arrive in Mali next month to replace counterparts from Germany and Belgium who have been providing medical evacuations and other assistance to the UN ope...
Jun 25, 2018
Students with special needs increasingly asked to stay home from school:report
TORONTO - An education advocacy organization says students deemed to have special needs are increasingly being asked to stay home from school in Ontario rather than remain in class with their peers. T...
Jun 25, 2018
Mali vs. Afghanistan: comparing recent history with what lies ahead
GAO, Mali - Mali is not Afghanistan - at least not yet. Seven years after the end of Canada’s Afghan combat mission, Canadian military helicopters are taking flight again, this time in Africa, w...
Jun 25, 2018
Jogger who crossed U.S. border accidentally a warning to Canadians: expert
VANCOUVER - A French teenager who accidentally crossed the border from Canada to the United States and reportedly wound up detained for two weeks should serve as a warning to Canadians, says an immigr...
Jun 25, 2018
Charges laid in stabbing death during 2016 riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Three men have been charged with murder in the death of a fellow inmate during a riot that caused $3.5 million in damage at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. Staff...
Jun 25, 2018
Kansas high court again orders state to boost school funding
TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Supreme Court Monday ruled for the third time in two years that the state’s spending on public schools is inadequate despite an increase approved earlier this year, but...
Jun 25, 2018
Heather Locklear arrested for alleged attack on deputy, EMT
VENTURA, Calif. - Heather Locklear has been arrested on suspicion of fighting with first responders for the second time this year. Ventura County Sheriff’s Capt. Garo Kuredjian says Locklear was...
Jun 25, 2018
Argos quarterback Ricky Ray "will miss significant time'' with neck injury
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts say starter Ricky Ray “will miss significant time this season,” as a result of the neck injury he suffered Saturday night. The Argos said in a statement iss...
Jun 25, 2018
Some Albanian Canadians upset at FIFA fine against ethnic Albanian players
TORONTO - A decision by FIFA to punish two ethnic Albanian players for hand gestures of a national symbol at a World Cup match has upset some in the Albanian community in Canada. FIFA warned and fined...
Jun 25, 2018