Category Archives: Canadian Press
B.C. city inks deal requiring foreign-language bus-stop ads be half in English
RICHMOND, B.C. - A Vancouver-area city where nearly half the residents identify as ethnically Chinese is requiring that all bus-stop ads be at least 50-per-cent English. Richmond signed a contract ear...
Sep 29, 2016

'Grave sin:' Bishops issue guidelines to refuse funerals in assisted deaths
EDMONTON - Guidelines from the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories say priests should refuse funerals for some people who choose assisted suicide. The document describes how phys...
Sep 29, 2016
Yosemite chief retiring amid complaints of hostile workplace
FRESNO, Calif. - The head of Yosemite National Park is retiring following employee complaints that he created a hostile workplace by allowing bullying, harassment and other misconduct, allegations als...
Sep 29, 2016

Nate Parker unapologetic in '60 Minutes' interview
NEW YORK - In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Nate Parker was unapologetic for a 17-year-old rape case that has surrounded his film, “The Birth of a Nation.” In excerpts from t...
Sep 29, 2016
Clinton struggling to win over the young voters she needs
BOULDER, Colo. - John Morales was interning for Bernie Sanders’ campaign when the longshot Democratic candidate’s hopes started to fade in the spring. That’s when Libertarian Gary Jo...
Sep 29, 2016
The Latest: NC killing by police heats race in battleground
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (All times EDT): 4:40 p.m. The killing of a black man by a Charlotte, North Carolina, police officer and the aftermath together have intensifi...
Sep 29, 2016
Nova Scotia premier says he prefers phone over email to conduct business
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says he likes to conduct most of his government business over the phone because he doesn’t want to publicly defend comments or ideas that don’t become...
Sep 29, 2016

Police in Quebec town ask for public help in locating person who killed ostrich
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - Police near Montreal have asked for the public’s help in finding out who killed and mutilated an ostrich described by its owner as “proud and beautiful.” The t...
Sep 29, 2016

Military planning to provide air transport for French counter-terror mission
OTTAWA - As the Liberal government contemplates which United Nations peacekeeping mission to join, the Canadian military is gearing up to support a major French counter-terrorism operation in northern...
Sep 29, 2016
Foster parents lose emergency motion in Supreme Court to keep Metis toddler
VANCOUVER - The last time a pair of British Columbia foster parents saw the Metis toddler they have raised almost since birth, the little girl was being carried away in the arms of her new adoptive pa...
Sep 29, 2016