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Russia faces severe sanctions if it moves further into Ukraine, says Canada's Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will join allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russian officials if the country takes further military action to compromise Ukrainian sovere...
Jan 20, 2022
Joly wraps Ukraine trip amid fears of Russian invasion in standoff with West, NATO
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada has not decided whether it will help arm Ukraine's forces with military hardware after NATO ally Britain said Monday it would supply anti-tank...
Jan 20, 2022
Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults former pope
BERLIN (AP) - A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany's Munich diocese has faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI's handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The law fi...
Jan 20, 2022
Bombing in Pakistan's 2nd city Lahore kills 2, wounds 26
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb went off in a crowded bazar in Pakistan's second largest city of Lahore on Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding 26 others, police and rescue offic...
Jan 20, 2022
Calls to scrap carbon capture tax credit, COVID treatments : In The News for Jan. 20
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 Jan. 20 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 20, 2022
Officials optimistic treatments will help ease COVID strain on Canada's health system
With COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada still threatening to overwhelm the health-care system, officials hope two antiviral treatments could help ease the strain. A new study published in the Canadia...
Jan 20, 2022
Calls to reduce COVID isolation for seniors in care as it may do more harm than good
MONTREAL - After 10 days of preventive COVID-19 isolation in her room at a Montreal care facility, Joanne Bland's 84-year-old mother has more difficulty moving and expressing herself. "My mother, she ...
Jan 20, 2022
Iqaluit lab techs say they quit over long-standing issues, denied bonus
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Former laboratory technologists in Iqaluit say their not receiving a bonus given to Nunavut nursing staff led them to resign after years of burnout and a lack of support. Four of th...
Jan 20, 2022
Hundreds of academics ask Freeland to scrap carbon capture tax credit
OTTAWA - More than 400 Canadian climate scientists and other academics are pleading with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to scrap her plan to create a tax credit for companies that build carbon cap...
Jan 20, 2022
Reaves, Fox score 2 each as Rangers beat Maple Leafs 6-3
NEW YORK (AP) - Ryan Reaves is used to long scoring droughts during his 12-year career. He came through in a big way to end his latest one. Reaves scored his first two goals since joining the Rangers ...
Jan 20, 2022
