Category Archives: Canadian Press
Six stories in the news today, Dec. 8
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Dec. 8 --- CANADIAN WOMAN ON BANKNOTE TO BE UNVEILED The Bank of Canada and the finance minister are set to reveal today which Canadian woman will grace the front...
Dec 08, 2016
B.C. boy with mysterious broken bones returned to parents after abuse ruled out
VANCOUVER - While watching their son and daughter play in a home near Vancouver’s children’s hospital, a couple from northern British Columbia received the news they had been praying for. ...
Dec 08, 2016
Canadian urban business leaders push Ottawa to improve airport policies
MONTREAL - A coalition of business leaders in Canada’s eight largest cities is putting pressure on the federal government to reduce security screening times and cut travelling costs, saying such...
Dec 08, 2016
A look at places that have taken the step to create all-gender bathrooms
REGINA - With it now common to see transgender children as young as six or seven, elementary schools across the country are creating gender-neutral, all-gender or unisex washrooms. Here’s a look...
Dec 08, 2016
All-gender washrooms in schools raises question: Who cares where you pee?
REGINA - The small picture of a black toilet on a white background above the word “washroom” has become a big sign of inclusion for a rural school district in Saskatchewan. Prairie Valley ...
Dec 08, 2016
Enjoying leftovers: Study says polar bears scavenging more orca-killed bowheads
As more killer whales move into the Arctic, at least one population of polar bears is learning how to make the best of no longer being at the top of the food chain. Research presented at a scientific ...
Dec 08, 2016
Black activist Viola Desmond to be
first Canadian woman on face of currency
GATINEAU, Que. - It had been some time since Viola Desmond last visited the cinema. The hairdresser and entrepreneur opted to sit close to the front of the theatre; her poor eyesight made it difficult...
Dec 08, 2016
Alabama inmate coughs, heaves 13 minutes into execution
ATMORE, Ala. - A man who killed an Alabama convenience store clerk more than two decades ago was put to death Thursday night, an execution that required two consciousness tests as the inmate heaved an...
Dec 08, 2016
You're Hired? Inside the interviews as Trump picks Cabinet
WASHINGTON - When Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, arrived to a recent meeting with Donald Trump, the president-elect greeted him with a blunt question. “Did you th...
Dec 08, 2016
Trump meets with Ohio State victims, taking on sombre duty
DES MOINES, Iowa - In the midst of his Cabinet deliberations, President-elect Donald Trump flew to Ohio Thursday to meet with victims and families after the latest U.S. outbreak of violence, a sombre ...
Dec 08, 2016