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Actress Lindsay Lohan announces engagement in Instagram post
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Actress Lindsay Lohan has told her followers on Instagram that she's engaged. Lohan announced her engagement to boyfriend Bader Shammas and showed off a traditional ...
Nov 29, 2021
Omicron arrives in Canada and B.C.'s flood forecast: In The News for Nov. 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 29, 2021
Pandemic pressures: Nova Scotia offers pioneering helpline exclusively for men
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has established what is believed to be Canada's first 24-hour helpline exclusively for men in response to an urgent need that arose as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Soon after...
Nov 29, 2021
More Abbotsford evacuations as crews try to hold back Sumas River floodwaters
VANCOUVER - Residents of another handful of properties in Abbotsford, B.C., were ordered to evacuate late Sunday night while some others were placed on evacuation of alert due to the continuing flood ...
Nov 29, 2021
Saskatchewan moves to amend Constitution amid civil trial with Canadian Pacific
REGINA - The basis of a lawsuit between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the Saskatchewan government moves to the floor of the provincial legislature Monday, before possibly heading to Ottawa in a bi...
Nov 29, 2021
Canada supports plan for international pandemic treaty
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World H...
Nov 29, 2021
Government set to introduce beefed-up bill banning conversion therapy
OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to table a new, tougher bill today in its latest effort to ban conversion therapy in Canada. The legislation, if passed, would make practices designed to c...
Nov 29, 2021
More Abbotsford evacuations as crews try to hold back Sumas River floodwaters
VANCOUVER - Residents of another handful of properties in Abbotsford, B.C., were ordered to evacuate late Sunday night while some others were placed on evacuation of alert due to the continuing flood ...
Nov 29, 2021
Court to hear cross-examination of challenge to Manitoba Tory leadership vote
WINNIPEG - Accounts of those challenging the vote that saw Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson become leader of the Progressive Conservatives are expected to be questioned in court this week. Shelly Gl...
Nov 29, 2021
Japan bans entry of foreign visitors as omicron spreads
TOKYO (AP) - Japan announced Monday it will suspend entry of all foreign visitors from around the world as a new coronavirus variant spreads. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the measure will take ef...
Nov 28, 2021
