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Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect the country's army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legis...
Jan 09, 2025
Raiders Alberta road swing starts with loss in Medicine Hat
After a busy start that saw the Prince Albert Raiders play six games in nine days coming out of Christmas, a rested and slightly revamped Raiders squad went on the road Wednesday to take on the Medici...
Jan 09, 2025
WNBA's Toronto Tempo joins forces with Sephora Canada in first sponsor partnership
TORONTO - Toronto Tempo president Teresa Resch believes the WNBA expansion team has found a kindred spirit in Sephora Canada as the basketball franchise's "founding partner and official beauty partner...
Jan 09, 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 46,000
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday, as the conflict raged into a 16th month with no end in si...
Jan 09, 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 46,000
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has climbed above 46,000. The ministry updated its toll from the ongoing 15-month conflict on Th...
Jan 09, 2025
Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - An attack on Chad's presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wedne...
Jan 09, 2025
Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - An attack on Chad's presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wedne...
Jan 09, 2025
In the news today: Coutts blockade sentencing, oilsands decarbonization uncertainty
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Sentencing hearing for leaders of Coutts blockade A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men con...
Jan 09, 2025
Sentencing hearing begins for men convicted of leading Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and re...
Jan 09, 2025
Booze-free 'liquor' stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall
VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila - so long as you don't want any actual liquor. Hansen's "a...
Jan 09, 2025
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