Category Archives: Canadian Press
Critics decry ban on sexual touching at strip clubs in London, Ont.
TORONTO - A municipal ban on sexual touching in strip clubs is putting sex workers at risk, hampering their ability to make money and denigrating their autonomy, according to some activists in London,...
Dec 8, 2017
In town for meetings, but Trudeau takes time for restaurant stop in Saskatoon
SASKATOON - People grabbing breakfast at a Saskatoon restaurant Friday morning also got the chance to catch a glimpse of the prime minister. Justin Trudeau stopped at the Hometown Diner, where he shoo...
Dec 8, 2017
Arkansas resumes issuing birth certificates after brief halt
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ governor ordered health officials on Friday to treat married lesbian and heterosexual couples the same when listing the parents on a birth certificate, in an effort...
Dec 8, 2017
2nd man convicted in West Virginia murder of coal executive
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. - A second man has been convicted of murder in the shooting of a coal executive in West Virginia last year. The Williamson Daily News reports that 20-year-old Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick...
Dec 8, 2017
Toronto, Seattle mayors make friendly wager over MLS Cup game
TORONTO - As Toronto and Seattle prepare to face each other on the soccer pitch Saturday, their mayors are making a friendly wager on who will take home the MLS Cup. If Toronto FC wins the championshi...
Dec 8, 2017
Brexit deal a much-needed win for UK's embattled Theresa May
LONDON - Few people will be more relieved at Friday’s long-sought U.K.-EU deal on Brexit than British Prime Minister Theresa May. Her pre-dawn dash to Brussels to announce the agreement alongsid...
Dec 8, 2017
Lebanon PM seeks international support at Paris summit
PARIS - Lebanon’s prime minister appealed for support for his country from world powers at a summit convened by France on Friday to bolster Lebanon’s institutions as it emerges from a biza...
Dec 8, 2017
Fast-moving flames force people to flee on a moment's notice
FALLBROOK, Calif. - Flames were practically on top of Dick and Joan Marsala’s home when they got an urgent knock on the door and were told to leave. The couple, in their mid-80s, grabbed only a ...
Dec 8, 2017
2 Democrats: Minnesota governor's top choice mulling '18 run
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton’s top pick to fill Sen. Al Franken’s Senate seat, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, is considering also running for the seat next year, as Dayton faces pres...
Dec 8, 2017
Settlement reached in lawsuit against hospital over unsterilized forceps
FREDERICTON - A tentative settlement of more than $1.2 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against a New Brunswick hospital over the use of unsterilized biopsy forceps over a 14-year pe...
Dec 8, 2017