Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Internet has no borders,' Supreme Court of Canada says in ruling against Google
OTTAWA - A potentially groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling recognizes that Canadian courts have jurisdiction to make sweeping orders to block access to Internet content beyond Canada’s borders. ...
Jun 28, 2017
German Parliament set to vote Friday on gay marriage
BERLIN - The German Parliament plans to vote Friday on whether to legalize same-sex marriage - only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel backed off her conservative party’s long-standing refusal ...
Jun 28, 2017
European court refuses to intervene over sick British baby
LONDON - The parents of a terminally-ill baby boy lost the final stage of their legal battle to take him out of a British hospital to receive treatment in the U.S., after a European court agreed with ...
Jun 28, 2017
Feds fund mentorship network to support indigenous health researchers
OTTAWA - The federal government intends to spend $8 million over five years to establish a mentorship network for First Nations, Metis and Inuit health researchers. The funding follows a recommendatio...
Jun 28, 2017
'Big 4' given top 4 seedings at Wimbledon; Kerber also No. 1
LONDON - The “Big 4” of men’s tennis were given the four highest seedings for this year’s tournament at Wimbledon. No. 1-ranked Andy Murray, the defending champion, is the top-...
Jun 28, 2017
Rate hike expectations, C$ rise as Poloz reiterates cuts have done their job
OTTAWA - With the Bank of Canada nearing its next policy decision, expectations of an interest-rate hike increased Wednesday after governor Stephen Poloz reiterated that his 2015 cuts appeared to have...
Jun 28, 2017
Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A man yelled “Freedom!” as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the de...
Jun 28, 2017
Police detain 6 IS suspects in Spain, Britain and Germany
MADRID - Police on Wednesday arrested six suspected members of the Islamic State group, four in Spain and one each in Britain and Germany, Spain’s Interior Ministry said. A ministry statement sa...
Jun 28, 2017
Activists protest for legal migration policies ahead of G20
BERLIN - More than 30 activists have protested against the upcoming Group of 20 summit in the northern German city of Hamburg by hanging a large banner from a bridge across the Elbe river that reads &...
Jun 28, 2017
Little progress evident as GOP hunts health bill votes
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explored options for salvaging the battered Republican health care bill Wednesday but confronted an expanding chorus of GOP detractors, deepening th...
Jun 28, 2017