Category Archives: Canadian Press
Gay pride parades sound a note of resistance - and face some
NEW YORK - Thousands of people lined the streets for gay pride parades Sunday in coast-to-coast events that took both celebratory and political tones, the latter a reaction to what some see as new thr...
Jun 25, 2017
Prince Harry once 'wanted out' of Britain's royal family
LONDON - Prince Harry says he once “wanted out” of the British royal family. In an interview published in the Mail on Sunday, the prince said the time he spent in the army was “the b...
Jun 25, 2017
Flames make biggest splash among Canadian teams (again) on draft weekend
CHICAGO - The draft weekend splash is becoming an annual Calgary Flames tradition. For the third straight June, Flames general manager Brad Treliving swung a big deal at the draft, this time landing 2...
Jun 25, 2017
With wider search for soldiers, Canada's military broadens horizons
OTTAWA - Canada’s military is going all out to erase its reputation for intolerance and misogyny, aiming to recast itself instead as welcoming to Canadians of all races, religions and sexual ori...
Jun 25, 2017
Via figuring out how to retrieve train from Churchill cut off by rail closure
CHURCHILL, Man. - Most of the talk since rail service to Churchill in northern Manitoba was indefinitely interrupted by washouts and other track damage last month has focused on how to get goods and t...
Jun 25, 2017
Banning of junk food sales in Canadian schools having a positive effect: study
HALIFAX - In Canada’s ongoing battle against childhood obesity, one simple weapon appears to be working. Over the past 12 years, six provinces have banned junk food from schools, and a new study...
Jun 25, 2017
UK: All samples from high-rise towers fail fire safety tests
LONDON - The list of high-rise apartment towers in Britain that have failed fire safety tests grew to 60, officials said Sunday, revealing the mounting challenge the government faces in the aftermath ...
Jun 25, 2017
Debt, protectionism could drag down improving global economy
FRANKFURT - The global economy has picked up and prospects for the next few months are the best in a long time. But the recovery is maturing and faces risks from populist rejection of free trade and f...
Jun 25, 2017
Activists kept from gathering en masse for Istanbul Pride
ISTANBUL - Turkish police stopped activists for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights from gathering in large numbers for an LGBT pride event in Istanbul on Sunday, but smaller groups made...
Jun 25, 2017
Europeans learn to live with - and adapt to - terror attacks
PARIS - The jihadis’ targets in Europe are depressingly repetitive: the Brussels metro, the Champs-Elysees in Paris (twice), tourist-filled bridges in London (twice) and a U.K. rock concert. And...
Jun 25, 2017