Author Archives:
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
American women seek more than $66M in damages from US Soccer
Players on the U.S. women's national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages as part their gender discrimination suit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, part of a slew of court papers filed...
Feb 21, 2020
Jurors promised trial of their lives in Durst murder case
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge made a sales pitch of sorts Wednesday to a panel of would-be jurors facing the prospect of serving five months in the murder trial of Robert Durst: this will be a onc...
Feb 21, 2020
Iran votes in parliament elections that favours conservatives
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians began voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomat...
Feb 20, 2020
What's Trending
Elevate Your Self-Care Game With These Smart Lifestyle Moves
6h ago
Prince Albert & Regina
SIGA and Northern Lights Casino announce $100,000 to build two new Ronald McDonald Houses
Riderville
Shades of 2007
6h ago
Final numbers
Local RM results finalized
Nov 14, 2024
Power sports
Thrills and chills with new Ski-Doo inventory at Pines PSM
Commitment
Hildebrand commits to Bemidji State in NCAA DI, first NCAA commitment in Raiders history
Nov 14, 2024
Inflation
Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts
Nov 14, 2024
Manage your ads