Category Archives: Canadian Press
Still-active human rights case speaks to lasting homophobia in Canada: activists
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Just over 14 years ago, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador issued the province’s marriage commissioners an ultimatum: agree to perform same-sex marriages or res...
Feb 17, 2019
Nuclear-waste bunker decision to likely to fall to next federal government
TORONTO - The much-delayed and politically fraught decision on a proposed multibillion-dollar nuclear-waste storage bunker near Lake Huron now appears certain to fall to Canada’s next government...
Feb 17, 2019
'Black Panther' costume designer blazes trail to inspire
LOS ANGELES - Ruth E. Carter is a black woman blazing a trail as a costume designer in a film industry with not many who look like her. But through her upcoming career achievement award and Oscar nomi...
Feb 17, 2019
Iran points to Pakistan after deadly attack on Guard
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s parliament speaker said Sunday that an attack that killed 27 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard was “planned and carried out from inside Pakistan,̶...
Feb 17, 2019
Fire in slum kills 9 in southeastern Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A devastating blaze raced through a crammed slum in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring several others, a fire official said. The fire brok...
Feb 17, 2019
James says B.C. budget puts priorities on NDP's poverty, environment plans
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister says the budget she tables Tuesday undertakes development of social, environmental and economic initiatives as other provinces across Canada implem...
Feb 17, 2019
'Taking their last breath': IS hides among Syrian civilians
BAGHOUZ, Syria - From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries’ shared border...
Feb 17, 2019
Israeli leader pledges funds for museum for Jewish WWII vets
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday that his government would allocate the necessary funds to complete a long-promised museum honouring Jewish World War II veterans. T...
Feb 17, 2019
In Brexit limbo, UK veers between high anxiety, grim humour
LONDON - It’s said that history often repeats itself - the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Many Britons feel they are living through both at the same time as their country navigates ...
Feb 17, 2019
State Department: Nauert out as pick for UN ambassador
WASHINGTON - Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn from consideration, the State Departmen...
Feb 17, 2019