Category Archives: Canadian Press
School dress codes a contentious issue for some parents as academic year begins
When Karen Green sends her two daughters, aged nine and 12, back to school in September, she knows she’ll have to contend with their school’s dress code. The rules prohibit tops with strap...
Aug 25, 2017
Weekly anti-Netanyahu rallies grow larger in Israel
JERUSALEM - Engulfed in a string of scandals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself facing a growing grassroots protest movement demanding his indictment and removal from office. Weekly anti...
Aug 25, 2017
Historians warn against rushing to take down statues
NEW YORK - It’s not just about Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The national soul-searching over whether to take down monuments to the Confederacy’s demigods has extended to other hist...
Aug 25, 2017
Legacy of Quebec's Bill 101 40 years on depends on political perspective
MONTREAL - Following the Parti Quebecois’ first election victory in November 1976, editorial cartoonist Terry Mosher drew premier-designate Rene Levesque, his right hand stretching out holding a...
Aug 25, 2017
Halifax man selling thousands of rubber ducks: 'I think they work well'
HALIFAX - If you’re looking for thousands of lightly used rubber ducks, you’re in luck - a Halifax man has a deal for you. David Hayes is offering a floatable flock on Kijiji for $1,400. &...
Aug 25, 2017
3 positive doping tests being investigated from track worlds
MONACO - Three positive doping tests involving athletes not yet identified are being investigated in samples taken from the track and field world championships held in London this month. The IAAF̵...
Aug 25, 2017
Crews make progress on wildfire east of Kelowna, B.C., evacuations in effect
KELOWNA, B.C. - Officials say they were making progress Friday on a wildfire that was burning out of control east of Kelowna, B.C. The Central Okanagan Regional District says the fire charred just und...
Aug 25, 2017
Rosa Parks' house may be returned to US from Germany
BERLIN - Section by section, American artist Ryan Mendoza painstakingly disassembled the small wood-frame home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks after learning that the struggling city of Detroit was go...
Aug 25, 2017
Harvey likely to have little impact on Canada - but the next storm might
HALIFAX - Although Hurricane Harvey isn’t expected to have much of an impact on Canada, forecasters are warning of another potentially powerful storm that could blow through eastern parts of the...
Aug 25, 2017
AP Was There: Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding
LONDON - Before all of the drama that characterized Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s relationship - the estrangement, divorce and her tragic death 20 years ago this month - there was the fair...
Aug 25, 2017