Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Mind-blowing': Survey finds most vegans, vegetarians in Canada are under 35
HALIFAX - Younger Canadians are far more likely to be vegetarians or vegans than older generations, according to a survey that a researcher says is among the first of its kind. The poll, conducted for...
Mar 13, 2018
Anti-Indigenous racism normalized in northeastern Ontario city: rights commissioner
TORONTO - Racism against Indigenous people in the northeastern Ontario city of Timmins appears to be both pervasive and normalized, the province’s chief human rights commissioner said this week....
Mar 13, 2018
Belgian deputy PM says a Trudeau meeting with royals would have been nice
OTTAWA - High-ranking Belgian officials played down a perceived snub of the Belgian king and queen by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the royal couple carried on day two of their week-long state visi...
Mar 13, 2018
Lebanon shuts down Beirut club over 'pornographic dances'
BEIRUT - Lebanese authorities have shut down a Beirut nightclub after footage emerged of an erotic performance by half-naked dancers. A statement from the municipality Tuesday said the club was sealed...
Mar 13, 2018
Wynne defends sex ed plan, says thousands of parents were consulted
TORONTO - Critics who claim parents weren’t consulted during an update of Ontario’s sexual education curriculum are wrong, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday as she defended her Liberal g...
Mar 13, 2018
Halifax taekwondo coach suspended after student disciplined with cane
HALIFAX - A Halifax taekwondo coach has been suspended after a 17-year-old student was struck with a cane as discipline. Halifax police say they investigated a report of an assault at Woo Yong’s...
Mar 13, 2018
Quebec to ban high-sugar, high-alcohol drinks from grocery, convenience stores
MONTREAL - The Quebec government will move to ban sales of sugary, high-alcohol beverages in convenience and grocery stores in an attempt to prevent younger consumers from buying them. Public Security...
Mar 13, 2018
Students abused by other students at residential schools to be compensated: Bennett
OTTAWA - More than 200 former residential school students who suffered abuse at the hands of other students will receive compensation from the federal government. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Car...
Mar 13, 2018
Federal government officially throws support behind unified 2026 World Cup bid
TORONTO - The federal government officially threw its support behind the North American bid for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, with the promise of up to $5 million in immediate help should the unified...
Mar 13, 2018
Trudeau says measures available to prevent Canada being used as back door for steel
HAMILTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has an array of measures, including tariffs, to prevent the world’s producers of cheap steel from using Canada as a back door to slip the metal i...
Mar 13, 2018