Category Archives: Canadian Press

A seven-step guide to what does, doesn't happen if Trump starts NAFTA pullout
WASHINGTON - As NAFTA talks enter their most sensitive phase, a fever of speculation has broken out about whether Donald Trump might soon announce his intention to withdraw from NAFTA - and it’s...
Jan 11, 2018

Lin-Manuel Miranda praises 'utterly talented' 'Come From Away' creators
Lin-Manuel Miranda of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” has shared effusive praise for the “utterly talented” creators of the Tony Award-winning Canadian show “Come From Away...
Jan 11, 2018
States tackling shortcomings in sexual misconduct policies
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - After a tumultuous few months that saw numerous lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct, a majority of state legislatures across the country are considering strengthening sexual h...
Jan 11, 2018

Trump group says memo should have kept email from prosecutor
WASHINGTON - A group representing President Donald Trump’s transition team says a memo in the hands of the General Services Administration should have stopped the agency from turning over tens o...
Jan 11, 2018
Trump work requirement rewrites health care rules for poor
WASHINGTON - Rewriting the rules on health care for the poor, the Trump administration said Thursday it will allow states to require “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients to work, a hotly deba...
Jan 11, 2018

Some fans of Trump and pot feel allegiances go up in smoke
PORTLAND, Maine - The Trump administration’s anti-marijuana move has some members of the president’s voting base fuming. Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney Gener...
Jan 11, 2018

Chaplin to Oprah: California's Montecito is a star haven
Montecito, the California coastal enclave devastated by this week’s deadly mudslides, is known as Oprah’s hometown. But it was Charlie Chaplin, the biggest star of another era, who helped ...
Jan 11, 2018
Happy Birthday to You! Miami woman celebrates her 112th
MIAMI - A Florida woman believed to be among the oldest in the U.S is celebrating her 112th birthday. Isabel Castano was born January 11, 1906. She is originally from Colombia, where she founded a fac...
Jan 11, 2018
Senator: Drilling plan carve-out for Florida may be illegal
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration may have violated federal law by exempting Florida from a national plan to expand offshore drilling, a Democratic senator charged Thursday. Sen. Maria Cantwell of...
Jan 11, 2018

Canada's tough guy move at WTO will gain U.S. respect, says trade minister
LONDON, Ont. - The Trudeau government appears to have adopted a good-cop, bad-cop strategy for saving NAFTA - coming up with some “creative” new proposals in response to unpalatable U.S. d...
Jan 11, 2018