Category Archives: Canadian Press

Historic election shocker: Donald Trump wins, becomes 45th U.S. president
WASHINGTON - The market-shaking, adjective-defying prospect of a Donald Trump presidency became reality Wednesday, with a brash billionaire and reality TV star known for building skyscrapers and fling...
Nov 08, 2016

B.C. Law Society seeks appeal against Christian university's proposed law school
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Law Society of British Columbia is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada as it maintains its stance against accrediting graduates of a proposed law school at a Christian universit...
Nov 08, 2016

Two women candidates quit Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race
EDMONTON - The only two female candidates in the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest quit the race Tuesday. One of them, Sandra Jansen, said she had been harassed and intimidated and a...
Nov 08, 2016
Gathering in December: Chiefs asking youth for input on northern suicides
SASKATOON - A chief says it’s about time for indigenous leaders to take charge of the youth suicide crisis in northern Saskatchewan instead of going to funerals. Ron Michel, grand chief of the P...
Nov 08, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 8 ___ U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN EXPOSED FRACTURES: And the prize is: A big, ugly wound in the heart of American politics. Nearly two years of relentles...
Nov 08, 2016
Montreal Femen activist arrested at polling station in New York City
MONTREAL - A Montreal woman with ties to an international feminist group was arrested Tuesday after staging a topless protest inside a New York City polling station being used for the U.S. presidentia...
Nov 08, 2016

Alberta proposes changes to vital statistics on names, gender designations
EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing legislation that would allow people who don’t identify as either male or female to put a third gender marker such as an X on government documents. “With thi...
Nov 08, 2016
P.E.I. electoral reform plebiscite gives hope, angst to federal reformers
OTTAWA - The outcome of a Prince Edward Island plebiscite on electoral reform is giving hope to those who are pushing Canada to adopt a proportional voting system. But the fact that so few Islanders b...
Nov 08, 2016

YouTube star pleads guilty to vandalism in false report case
LOS ANGELES - A gay YouTube personality has pleaded guilty to felony vandalism in an incident in which he claimed he was the victim of a hate crime. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Of...
Nov 08, 2016
Turkey, Syrian Kurds at loggerheads over Raqqa offensive
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey said Tuesday that the U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces leading an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa should not enter the city itself but merely help encircle i...
Nov 08, 2016