Category Archives: Canadian Press
Afghan official: US drone kills Pakistan Taliban chief
KABUL - A U.S. drone strike in northeastern Kunar province killed Pakistan Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah, the insurgent leader who ordered the assassination ofNobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafza...
Jun 15, 2018
U.S. not trying to get Canada to end supply management: agriculture secretary
MIDGELL, P.E.I. - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Canada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay emerged from a meeting in a Prince Edward Island barn Friday appearing united on tra...
Jun 15, 2018
Americans reach across the border, urge Canadians to ignore Trump
Usually, it’s Canadians who are quick to say sorry. But United States President Donald Trump’s recent bashing of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has prompted some Americans to reach over the...
Jun 15, 2018
Canadian soccer fans descend on bars and restaurants to watch World Cup
Canadian soccer fans descended on bars and restaurants across the country as a full slate of World Cup matches got underway Friday. The international tournament that occurs every four years has long p...
Jun 15, 2018
Top court affirms sexual identity protections in Christian law school decisions
OTTAWA - Requiring a person to behave contrary to their sexual identity is “degrading and disrespectful,” the Supreme Court of Canada said Friday in ruling that law societies have the righ...
Jun 15, 2018
Ex-Tory Senate leader blasts former colleagues for gutting impaired driving bill
OTTAWA - A former leader of the Conservatives in the Senate is blasting her erstwhile colleagues for spearheading a move to gut a bill aimed at cracking down on impaired driving. Marjory LeBreton, who...
Jun 15, 2018
In the news today, June 15
Five stories in the news for Friday, June 15 --- HIGH COURT TO RULE ON RELIGIOUS LAW SCHOOL Lawyers, religious groups and private universities are awaiting today’s landmark Supreme Court of Cana...
Jun 15, 2018
Alberta man sentenced to 15 years for sex assault that left woman in coma
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A southern Alberta man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for a vicious sexual assault on a woman who spent weeks in a coma and was forced to learn how to walk and talk again. ...
Jun 15, 2018
Embassy angered by Tory MP linking Mexican visitors to illegal drug trade
OTTAWA - The Mexican government is taking a Conservative MP to task for implying that many Mexican visitors to Canada are involved in the illegal drug trade. Sarnia, Ont., MP Marilyn Gladu made the su...
Jun 15, 2018
Start of Cambodian trial of Australian filmmaker delayed
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - An Australian filmmaker charged with endangering Cambodian national security for flying a drone over a campaign rally had his trial postponed for a month on Friday after already...
Jun 15, 2018