Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mom tells MPs how she lost daughter to human traffickers: 'It baffles me'
HALIFAX - She was a strong, well-spoken young woman who came from a loving home in western Nova Scotia. But it wasn’t until Maddison Fraser had moved to Alberta in her late teens that her mother...
Mar 19, 2018
Horsepower: Horses seen travelling down highway in Georgia
TUCKER, Ga. - Several horses travelled down a highway in Georgia and motorist had to hold their horses. News outlets report that a total of 10 horses decided to take to the streets and ended up blocki...
Mar 19, 2018
Pitbull to speak at United Nations about global water crisis
NEW YORK - Grammy Award-winning rapper Pitbull is heading to the United Nations to discuss the global water crisis on World Water Day. The organization Clean Water Here announced on Monday that the in...
Mar 19, 2018
Pastor reminds Halifax police brutality, disrespect are not part of their jobs
HALIFAX - A Halifax pastor used a service against racial discrimination to urge police to never use brutality or unnecessary roughness in carrying out their duties. Rhonda Britton told officers gather...
Mar 19, 2018
Scottish cardinal who recused himself from conclave dies
LONDON - Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the first cardinal in history to recuse himself from a papal election over a personal scandal, has died, his archdiocese in Scotland said Monday. He was 80 and h...
Mar 19, 2018
Experimental pot lab sprouting cannabis-infused drinks, new edibles
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. - Nestled inside Canopy Growth Corp.’s sprawling marijuana facility outside Ottawa is a laboratory where technicians in white lab coats and hair nets bustle about, pipetting f...
Mar 19, 2018
Politics and #MeToo: voices from a survey of staffers on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Long hours. A male-dominated workplace. Precarious employment. Alcohol. A culture of silence. The Canadian Press surveyed those working in the offices of MPs, senators and cabinet ministers i...
Mar 19, 2018
Few political staffers on Parliament Hill report sexual misconduct: survey
OTTAWA - The majority of political staffers who told The Canadian Press they had personally experienced sexual misconduct on the job chose not to report it, with many saying they worried doing so woul...
Mar 19, 2018
Parliament Hill staffers share experiences with sexual misconduct at work
OTTAWA - With the #MeToo movement shining a spotlight on Parliament Hill’s day-to-day workplace realities, a new survey by The Canadian Press is giving voice to some of those who toil in obscuri...
Mar 19, 2018
In the news today, March 19
Five stories in the news for Monday, March 19 --- MALI MISSION DETAILS TO BE UNVEILED Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan are expected to unveil details today...
Mar 19, 2018