Category Archives: Canadian Press
Is Podgy the pig a service animal? Winnipeg city committee trying to decide
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg city committee is still struggling with a decision about whether a pot-bellied pig named Podgy can remain with its owner. Emily Sydor was ordered to remove the pig from her home ...
Nov 07, 2016
Ex-Expos pitcher Bill Lee seeking Vermont governorship, wants to dissolve border
MONTREAL - Former Montreal Expos pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee says he’ll work to dissolve the borders between Vermont, Quebec and the Maritime provinces if he is elected governor of t...
Nov 07, 2016
Justin Bieber gives Toronto bar patrons impromptu concert
TORONTO - Patrons at a Toronto pub may have done a double take on Friday night when pop star Justin Bieber sat down at the piano and played a few songs. Fifth Pubhouse issued a news release Sunday say...
Nov 07, 2016
Teen who attacked two Winnipeg women has very low IQ, FASD: psychiatrist
WINNIPEG - A man who pleaded guilty in two high-profile sex attacks, including one that left a victim near death along the shores of a frigid Winnipeg river, suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disord...
Nov 07, 2016
In rare step, China bars 2 Hong Kong lawmakers from office
BEIJING - China’s top legislature took the rare step Monday of intervening directly in a local Hong Kong political dispute by effectively barring two legally elected separatist lawmakers from ta...
Nov 07, 2016
UK official: Court ruling won't slow PM's Brexit timetable
LONDON - Brexit Secretary David Davis said Monday that a court ruling requiring Britain’s prime minister to seek Parliament’s approval before initiating the country’s separation from...
Nov 07, 2016
Memorable - and cringe-worthy - moments from the 2016 Campaign
WASHINGTON - Every presidential race has its big moments. This one, more than most. A look back at some of the historic, amusing and cringe-inducing events of Campaign 2016. ___ GOING DOWN? Donald Tru...
Nov 07, 2016
Fact check: Greatest hits of a fact-challenged campaign
WASHINGTON - At times it has seemed as though this presidential campaign was occurring in some alternate universe. Up is down, no means yes, day is night. Donald Trump’s tweets, speeches, interv...
Nov 07, 2016
Snake on a plane: Live reptile intrudes on flight in Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Passengers on a commercial flight in Mexico were given a start when a serpent slithered into the cabin in a scene straight out of the Hollywood thriller “Snakes on a Plane.” ...
Nov 07, 2016
Employers, labour groups push Liberals to rethink parental leave changes
OTTAWA - Two months into her second maternity leave, Karine Beauchamp would love to spend extra time at home with her son Maxime - but she can’t afford to. Among her friends, the new mothers wit...
Nov 07, 2016