Category Archives: Canadian Press

Another female hockey official feels stonewalled in bid for AJHL
CALGARY - Erica Holmes feels she’s hit the glass ceiling as a hockey official in Alberta, echoing concerns by a female counterpart that she can’t advance to higher levels in the men’...
Jan 09, 2019
Showdown looms as UK lawmakers clash over May's Brexit deal
LONDON - Britain’s government and its lawmakers clashed Wednesday, as Prime Minister Theresa May brought her little-loved Brexit deal back to Parliament, a month after postponing a vote on the a...
Jan 09, 2019
Kim looking to 'achieve results' in 2nd summit with Trump
BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly told the leader of his only major ally, China, that he wants to “achieve results” on the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula d...
Jan 09, 2019
Trump stalks out of shutdown talks with Dems, says 'bye-bye'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump walked out of his negotiating meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday - “I said bye-bye,” he tweeted- as efforts to end the 19-day partial governme...
Jan 09, 2019
Democrats: Trump using misinformation, malice in wall debate
WASHINGTON - Top congressional Democrats said President Donald Trump “has chosen fear” in his drive to build a southern border wall and called on him to reopen the government shuttered bec...
Jan 09, 2019
Australia considering resettlement for fleeing Saudi woman
BANGKOK - A Saudi woman who fled her family, alleging abuse, moved a step closer Wednesday to her goal of gaining asylum in Australia after a U.N. agency granted her refugee status. The Australian gov...
Jan 09, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the disputed border crisis
WASHINGTON - In his prime-time speech to the nation, President Donald Trump declared a border crisis that’s in sharp dispute, wrongly accused Democrats of refusing to pay for border security and...
Jan 09, 2019
Facing pressure, networks fact-check Trump speech
NEW YORK - Television pundits moved swiftly to correct or challenge President Donald Trump following Tuesday’s Oval Office speech on the proposed border wall, after their networks were the targe...
Jan 09, 2019

Rosenstein, a frequent Trump target, will leave Justice Dept
WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the most visible Justice Department protector of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and a frequent target of President Don...
Jan 09, 2019
'The Favourite' leads race for British Academy Film Awards
LONDON - Wickedly funny royal comedy-drama “The Favourite” lived up to its name Wednesday, leading the race for the British Academy Film Awards. Yorgos Lanthimos’ film received 12 no...
Jan 09, 2019