Category Archives: Canadian Press
Medical council reviewing practices after women say tampons were banned in exams
The Medical Council of Canada says it’s reviewing its practices after being criticized online for prohibiting women from bringing tampons or menstrual pads into exam rooms while writing multi-ho...
Oct 31, 2018
Statistics Canada's request for banking data prompts privacy investigation
OTTAWA - Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he is investigating Statistics Canada’s request for private banking information on 500,000 Canadians. Therrien said Wednesday that nume...
Oct 31, 2018
Union leaders say proposed pay equity legislation will close 'shameful' gap
OTTAWA - The new pay-equity law the federal Liberals are proposing should close Canada’s “shameful” gender gap and private-sector employers should follow the government’s examp...
Oct 31, 2018
Home of late music icon Aretha Franklin listed for sale
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The suburban Detroit home of the late “Queen of Soul” is for sale. Aretha Franklin’s 4,148-square-foot (385-square-meter) brick Colonial-style house in B...
Oct 31, 2018
Montreal Impact lament missing playoffs, want more consistency in 2019
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact fought until the last day of the Major League Soccer regular season before missing out on a playoff berth. The players believe they can go further next season, so long a...
Oct 31, 2018
Raonic pulls out of Paris Masters match against Federer with elbow injury
PARIS - Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the Paris Masters with a right elbow injury. Raonic was scheduled to face Roger Federer in a second-round match on Wednesday. Instead, Fe...
Oct 31, 2018
Federal Liberals aim to add personal leave days as Ontario cuts them back
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government plans to give about 900,000 Canadian workers more paid personal-leave days, in a proposal that seems designed to goad the Ontario government into an argument over worke...
Oct 31, 2018
Son, daughter oppose father's election to Missouri House
LIBERTY, Mo. - The son and daughter of a Missouri House candidate are urging people not to vote for him because he regularly espouses racial and homophobic views and dislikes Jews and Muslims. Steve W...
Oct 31, 2018
Duchess Kate shown papers about deaths of 3 ancestors in WWI
LONDON - The Duchess of Cambridge has been shown original documents detailing the lives and deaths of three ancestors who were killed in France during World War I. Kate, the wife of Britain’s Pr...
Oct 31, 2018
Canada Border Services Agency asked to speed up refugee removals
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency should speed up its removals of failed refugee claimants who are still in Canada, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says. The CBSA has set a new target of...
Oct 31, 2018