Category Archives: Canadian Press
Statcan eyes digital register of population and end of the short-form census
OTTAWA - The mandatory long-form census returned this year, a decade after it was last seen. If things go as planned, a decade from now the short-form census won’t be seen again. Statistics Cana...
Sep 25, 2016

Olympic stadium T-shirt violates copyright law, Montreal designer told
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium may be among Canada’s most iconic buildings, but that doesn’t mean it can be put on a T-shirt, a Montreal designer has been told. Pier-Luk Bouthillier says...
Sep 25, 2016

AP-GfK poll shows voter distaste for Putin-style leadership
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a leader - unlike what we have in this country.” But most Americans don’t agree with Trump’s assessment o...
Sep 25, 2016
AIDS pageant in Uganda seeks to stem stigma, discrimination
KAMPALA, Uganda - When she was younger, Tryphena Natukunda’s mother discouraged her from swallowing her antiretroviral medicines among strangers or even distant relatives. Because the girl had A...
Sep 25, 2016

WWII Navy chief reunited, in spirit, with his ship's bell
NEWPORT, R.I. - A Navy chief who died saving his shipmates during the attack on Pearl Harbor has been reunited, in spirit, in Rhode Island with the bell from his ship. The hall where the Navy’s ...
Sep 25, 2016
Pope backs opposition to Mexico's gay-marriage proposal
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has voiced support for Mexican bishops and citizens opposing the government’s push to legalize same-sex marriage. At his weekly Sunday blessing, Francis said he willi...
Sep 25, 2016

Hofstra pushes front-line learning with presidential debate
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Monday night’s verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of t...
Sep 25, 2016
Clubhouse goes quiet as Jays mourn death of Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez
TORONTO - The Blue Jays clubhouse was hushed Sunday, with all eight TVs tuned to a news conference detailing the boating accident that killed Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez and two others o...
Sep 25, 2016
In battle for Iraq's Mosul, many forces with many motives
BAGHDAD - An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic St...
Sep 25, 2016

'We lost family': Stampeders mourn Mylan Hicks after Calgary nightclub shooting
CALGARY - Teammates of Calgary Stampeders defensive back Mylan Hicks say they feel like they’ve lost a family member after a fatal shooting outside a Calgary nightclub early Sunday. Stampeders p...
Sep 25, 2016