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Israeli army: 'High possibility' soldier killed reporter
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army said Monday there was a "high possibility" that a soldier killed a well-known Al Jazeera journalist in May, as it announced the results of its investigation into the ...
Sep 5, 2022
Health-care labour shortage a long time coming, requires shift to team-based care
OTTAWA - Nearly two and a half years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the staffing conundrum initially driven by high infection rates has evolved into an acute labour challenge. Herb Emery, t...
Sep 5, 2022
March honours 100-year anniversary of Chinese student school strike over segregation
VICTORIA - The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not ...
Sep 5, 2022
Kenya's Supreme Court upholds Ruto's presidential win
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's Supreme Court has unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upheld Deputy President William Ruto's win. Opposition candidat...
Sep 5, 2022
Pierre Poilievre: Quick facts about the Conservative leadership candidate
OTTAWA - One could say Pierre Poilievre has grown up on Parliament Hill. Elected as a member of Parliament at just 25, he quickly earned a reputation for being a political pit bull with his ideologica...
Sep 5, 2022
What Pierre Poilievre's polarizing past on Parliament Hill says about his present
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre's first words in the House of Commons were a sure sign of things to come. It was October 2004, and though at 25 years old he was one of the youngest faces in the room, he had...
Sep 5, 2022
Canada expects a stiffer challenge from Australia in women's soccer rematch
Canada is expecting a response from a motivated Australia when the teams meet Tuesday in Sydney in the second game of their women's soccer friendly series. The seventh-ranked Canadians won 1-0 when th...
Sep 5, 2022
7 dead after powerful quake shakes southwest China
BEIJING (AP) - A strong earthquake killed at least seven people, triggered landslides and shook residents in a major city under lockdown in southwestern China on Monday, state media reported. The 6.8 ...
Sep 5, 2022
UN says part of Somalia will reach famine later this year
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of ...
Sep 5, 2022
Fossil found on P.E.I. older than first dinosaur to have walked the Earth
Lisa Cormier was walking her dog down a familiar path on the beach at Cape Egmont, P.E.I., last month looking for sea glass when she spotted what looked like intertwined branches. A closer look reveal...
Sep 5, 2022
