Category Archives: Canadian Press

'Equalizer 2' squeaks past 'Mamma Mia 2' and takes top spot
In the battle of two very different sequels at the box office this weekend, Denzel Washington’s action pic “The Equalizer 2” has narrowly won out over the ABBA jukebox musical “...
Jul 22, 2018

Halifax shop's 'kinky Trump' Pride Week doughnut is a mouthful
HALIFAX - U.S. President Donald Trump - or at least a culinary version of him - may be rendered speechless after a Halifax-based doughnut shop released a new creation to celebrate Pride Week. Vandal D...
Jul 22, 2018

Woman sues fertility clinic, says lawsuit highlights need for better regulation
TORONTO - A lawsuit filed by a Toronto woman against a fertility clinic that she claims was responsible for the loss of dozens of her eggs has drawn attention to a reproductive industry that doctors a...
Jul 22, 2018

Ethiopia has 'no option' but multiparty democracy, PM says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia has “no option” but to pursue multi-party democracy, the reformist new prime minister said Sunday, again shaking up Africa’s second most populous nat...
Jul 22, 2018

Spin yarn unspun: Research upends theory that Vikings taught Inuit fibre skills
New research is upending old assumptions about what the ancestors of today’s Inuit learned from Viking settlers. And the techniques researchers have developed to show that ancient Dorset and Thu...
Jul 22, 2018

'Do Indians have property rights?' Former Alberta chief's land dispute in court
STANDOFF, Alta. - A dispute between two families over land on Canada’s largest reserve is heading to court in part to question whether First Nations members have any right to the ground beneath ...
Jul 22, 2018

Seniors and students living together to save on rent, find 'family'
TORONTO - After her husband died, Elizabeth Hill says she would lay awake listening for bumps in the night in her eerily empty home - so to get some shut-eye, she decided let a stranger live with her....
Jul 22, 2018
Female chefs say Canada's culinary industry changing for the better
TORONTO - It was an Instagram photo that caught long-time restaurateur Stacey Patterson’s eye: six chefs - all men - at a table together playing poker. It’s an image of camaraderie that Pa...
Jul 22, 2018

Crews continue battling dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario
KILLARNEY, Ont. - Crews from across the country continued to cut down dozens of raging fires in northeastern Ontario on Sunday, after evacuation orders left some property owners uncertain of whether t...
Jul 22, 2018

And now he is 5: Britain's Prince George marks birthday
LONDON - Who doesn’t like birthdays? Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate have released a new photo of their son Prince George to mark his fifth birthday. The photo shows George grin...
Jul 22, 2018