Category Archives: Canadian Press
Egypt's flight attendants denounce body-shaming lawmaker
CAIRO - The union of Egyptian flight attendants on Monday angrily responded to criticism by a lawmaker over the weight and age of some female attendants employed by the national carrier, saying her co...
Dec 25, 2017
Where's the party? No state dinner in Trump's first year
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump couldn’t stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. &#...
Dec 25, 2017
Russian officials bar Navalny from running for president
MOSCOW - Russian election officials on Monday formally barred Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running for president, prompting calls from him for a boycott of next year’s vote. The...
Dec 25, 2017
Queen Elizabeth, royals and Markle attend Christmas service
SANDRINGHAM, England - Queen Elizabeth and senior members of the Royal Family - along with newcomer Meghan Markle, an American actress engaged to Prince Harry - attended a Christmas church service on ...
Dec 25, 2017
B.C. premier says housing top issue for 2018, but much more on NDP to-do list
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says addressing British Columbia’s housing crisis is his government’s top priority in 2018, but it’s not the only pressing concern on his minority New ...
Dec 25, 2017
Horgan says next year's electoral reform referendum likely B.C.'s last attempt
VICTORIA - A pact with the Green party that allowed the NDP to form a minority government in British Columbia is a working example of electoral reform ahead of a referendum on the issue next year, Pre...
Dec 25, 2017
Calgary homicide detectives investigating death of newborn baby
Calgary’s Homicide Unit is investigating the death of a newborn baby whose body was discovered in a parking lot. Police say a resident in the city’s Bowness neighbourhood called them late ...
Dec 25, 2017
Weather impacting flight schedules at Toronto's Pearson Airport
TORONTO - Canada’s busiest airport, Toronto’s Pearson International, is advising travellers that wintry weather is affecting some flight schedules this Christmas Day. Pearson officials twe...
Dec 25, 2017
Lorde scraps Israel concert amid boycott calls
JERUSALEM - Lorde has cancelled a performance in Israel scheduled for next summer after appeals by pro-Palestinian activists. The New Zealand musician said in a statement Sunday that “the right ...
Dec 25, 2017
Trump's busy Christmas Eve: calls to troops, talk of Santa
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump’s first Christmas Eve in office was a busy one that unfolded like this: tweet against perceived adversaries, cheer U.S. troops spending the holidays ove...
Dec 24, 2017