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Debate night brawl: Bloomberg, Sanders attacked by rivals
LAS VEGAS - From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders' take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate Wedne...
Feb 21, 2020
Canadians from coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan to fly home Thursday: Champagne
Canadians who have spent weeks on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan will board a government-chartered plane to take them home Thursday evening, the foreign affairs minist...
Feb 21, 2020
US: Taliban's 'reduction of violence' deal to start tonight
ISLAMABAD - A senior U.S. State Department official says the seven-day "reduction of violence" deal promised by the Taliban will begin "tonight," without specifying the exact time. That will start the...
Feb 21, 2020
Iran state news agency says new virus has killed 2 citizens
TEHRAN, Iran - The new virus has killed two elderly Iranian citizens, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. IRNA quoted Alireza Vahabzadeh, an adviser to the country's health minister,...
Feb 21, 2020
A castle gets a makeover and a new mortgage stress test; In The News for Feb. 19
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 Feb. 19 ... What...
Feb 21, 2020
Wuhan evacuees released and bison on the lam; In The News for Feb. 21
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 Feb. 21 ... What...
Feb 21, 2020
Thai court orders popular opposition party dissolved
BANGKOK - Thailand's constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated election law by accepting a loan from its leader. The cour...
Feb 21, 2020
Higher costs should kill Trans Mountain pipeline, opposition says
OTTAWA - Opposition parties and environmental groups are urging the federal government to stop expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, citing a poll saying Canadians are alarmed by the project's cost. ...
Feb 21, 2020
Talks the way to settle blockades, Trudeau insists, as calls for action grow louder
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are rejecting demands from conservatives on Parliament Hill and in provincial legislatures to break up blockades of rail lines by Indigenous prot...
Feb 21, 2020
Wet'suwet'en chiefs to spend Friday with Mohawk supporters in Ontario
OTTAWA - A group of hereditary leaders from the Wet'suwet'en Nation in British Columbia is to spend the day with Mohawk supporters in Ontario. The B.C. hereditary chiefs are thanking the Mohawks ...
Feb 21, 2020
