Category Archives: Canadian Press

Opponents of 60s Scoop settlement aren't giving up after judge OKs deal
A woman who has spent months informing ’60s Scoop survivors about Ottawa’s class-action settlement says she’ll continue advising people to object to the deal, even after a ...
May 14, 2018

Residents across B.C. Interior brace for another deluge of flooding
VICTORIA - Unseasonable heat and the potential for rain over the next seven to 10 days could force thousands of people in British Columbia’s Interior to evacuate their homes ...
May 14, 2018
Owners of multimillion dollar Vancouver home owners say they can't stomach tax bump
VANCOUVER - Lynne Kent says owning a home in Vancouver that’s valued at $4 million isn’t the blessing it may appear to be. She and her husband are among a small group of homeowne...
May 14, 2018
'It's strength:' Indigenous women's art displayed on billboards across Canada
WINNIPEG - Artists are reclaiming space in inner cities and on highways where many Indigenous women have suffered violence or disappeared. From June until August, the Resilience Project is puttin...
May 14, 2018

Snoopy joining Sony? Electronics maker buying Peanuts stake
TOKYO - Snoopy may be joining Sony. Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. said Monday that it is buying a stake in Peanuts Holdings, the company behind Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Sony Music Entertainme...
May 14, 2018

58 dead in Gaza protests as Israel fetes US Embassy move
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - In a jarring contrast, Israeli forces shot and killed 57 Palestinians and injured more than 2,700 during mass protests Monday along the Gaza border, while just a few mile...
May 14, 2018

Romney: Jeffress wrong man to give Jerusalem embassy prayer
WASHINGTON - Senate candidate Mitt Romney of Utah says a prominent Baptist minister shouldn’t be giving the prayer that opens the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem because he’s a “religious ...
May 14, 2018
Pakistani Taliban ambush army vehicle, killing 7
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani security officials say militants have ambushed an army vehicle on patrol in a northwestern tribal region, killing seven soldiers before fleeing back to neighbour...
May 14, 2018

UN warns of collapse of services in Gaza unless fuel gets in
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The U.N. says an alternative way of getting fuel to Gaza must be found urgently, warning of dwindling supplies needed to run hospitals, pick up garbage, pump water and tr...
May 14, 2018
Early results in Iraq election favour populist cleric al-Sadr
BAGHDAD - A populist coalition organized by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr emerged as the front-runner Monday with more than half the vote counted in Iraq’s national elections. Partia...
May 14, 2018