Category Archives: Canadian Press
Appeals court taking foie gras off the menu in California
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court reinstated California’s ban on foie gras Friday, finding that a state law preventing sales of the luxury liver pate made by force-feeding ducks and geese wa...
Sep 15, 2017
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley quietly compiling spectacular MLS season
Others may get the headlines but Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley is quietly compiling a spectacular MLS season. Bradley leads the league in ball recoveries (259) this season as well as passes per g...
Sep 15, 2017
Criminal past of front-runner Wab Kinew features in Manitoba NDP leadership race
WINNIPEG - Manitoba New Democrats will choose between two men Saturday to be the opposition party’s new leader - one faces questions about past criminal accusations and the other is a former cab...
Sep 15, 2017
Federal prison statistics highlight challenges for Trudeau government
OTTAWA - The number of Indigenous offenders in the federal correctional system has risen almost 40 per cent in the last decade, says a government report released Friday. It also says a lower percentag...
Sep 15, 2017
Canadian special forces out of Mosul, preparing for new battle in Iraq
OTTAWA - Canadian special forces have left the city of Mosul and are now backing up Iraqi forces as they prepare to assault one of the Islamic State group’s last strongholds in the country. The ...
Sep 15, 2017
Privacy commissioner launches investigation into Equifax data breach
Canada’s privacy watchdog launched an investigation into the massive Equifax Inc. data breach after hearing from dozens of concerned Canadians as customers in the country have yet to be told whe...
Sep 15, 2017
Manitobans going home after fleeing forest fires more than two weeks ago
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Red Cross is assisting forest fire evacuees return to their homes on the Wasagamack First Nation in Manitoba. People from three First Nations communities in the Island Lake reg...
Sep 15, 2017
Court case over fired janitor prompts debate over meaning of 'Kafkaesque'
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has stepped in to answer a question that has puzzled some of the world’s most prominent thinkers: What exactly does Kafkaesque mean? In a new ruling, Justice ...
Sep 15, 2017
The Latest: London attack highlights need to train US agents
LONDON - The Latest on an incident at a subway station in London (all times local): 10 p.m. The president of Amtrak’s police labour committee says the attack in London highlights the need to mak...
Sep 15, 2017
Court case over fired janitor prompts debate over meaning of 'Kafkaesque'
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has stepped in to answer a question that has puzzled some of the world’s most prominent thinkers: What exactly does Kafkaesque mean? In a new ruling, Justice ...
Sep 15, 2017