Category Archives: Canadian Press
Centre to honour residential school survivors breaks ground at UBC
VANCOUVER - Cindy Tom-Lindley says her grandmother had all her children taken to residential schools and the family had no choice but to comply with the federal government policy designed to assimilat...
Sep 11, 2016
Canada's Rivard swims to second medal of Paralympics, a silver in 200 IM
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil - Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard added to her Paralympic medal collection on Sunday, capturing silver in the women’s 200-metre individual medley. The 20-year-old from Sai...
Sep 11, 2016
Liberals, like Tories before them, won't amend cluster bomb treaty loophole
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are facing criticism at home and abroad for not closing a controversial legal loophole that allows the Canadian Forces to operate alongside allies, such as the United Sta...
Sep 11, 2016
Countries must ensure their peacekeepers protect civilians: Sajjan
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says protecting civilians - by force if needed - will be central to any Canadian peacekeeping mission in Africa, and that Canada will expect troops from partner...
Sep 11, 2016
Jails, prisons still trying to meet federal anti-rape rules
HOUSTON - Miguel Moll knew the risk of rape when he was thrown into a Texas jail in 1989 after joyriding in a stolen car. Then 17, he was placed in a holding pen in Houston, and an older inmate said o...
Sep 11, 2016
The Latest: Clinton calls off plans to travel to West Coast
NEW YORK - The Latest on the 2016 race for president (all times EDT): 10:24 p.m. Hillary Clinton is calling off plans to visit the West Coast on Monday and Tuesday following a health episode at the 9-...
Sep 11, 2016
Turkey replaces 28 elected officials with appointees
ISTANBUL - Turkish police used water cannons and teargas to disperse protesters Sunday after Ankara announced it had replaced 28 elected municipal and district mayors in several predominantly Kurdish ...
Sep 11, 2016
Canada's Stanley, Lakatos race to pair of Paralympic silver medals on track
RIO DE JANEIRO - Liam Stanley was a promising runner, but an outstanding soccer player. And his goal was to get Canada’s para-soccer team to the Rio Paralympics. Track coach Bruce Deacon made hi...
Sep 11, 2016
Clinton recovering after health episode, cancels Calif. trip
NEW YORK - An ill Hillary Clinton abruptly left a 9-11 anniversary ceremony Sunday and needed to be held up by three people before she appeared to stumble off a curb and was helped into a van. Several...
Sep 11, 2016
Panel calls for major overhaul of UBC's approach to sexual assaults
VANCOUVER - An expert panel is calling for a sweeping transformation of the University of British Columbia’s approach to sexual assaults, after speaking with survivors and campus members who sai...
Sep 11, 2016