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Vigils, events to mark 35th anniversary of Polytechnique anti-feminist mass killing
MONTREAL - Polytechnique Montral will pay tribute today to the 14 young women who were murdered at the engineering school 35 years ago. Vigils and other events are scheduled in Montreal and across the...
Dec 6, 2024
In the news today: Canada Post strike enters fourth week
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post strike enters fourth week Canada Post and the union representing more than 55,000 striking workers...
Dec 6, 2024
Montembeault, Laine lead Canadiens to 3-0 win as Predators lose sixth straight
MONTREAL - Sam Montembeault stopped 29 shots and Patrik Laine scored again to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Thursday night. Jake Evans, with a short-handed goal, also...
Dec 5, 2024
Gunman who wounded 2 kindergartners at California school suffered from mental illness, sheriff says
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A gunman who shot and critically wounded two kindergartners at a tiny religious school in Northern California before killing himself suffered from mental illness and used a "ru...
Dec 5, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief says it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Han Dong-hun o...
Dec 5, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief said Friday that it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Ha...
Dec 5, 2024
Smith travelling to Nevada to connect with western U.S. governors
Premier Danielle Smith will represent Alberta from Dec. 6-10 at the Western Governors' Association's winter meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to provincial officials, this meeting is expected to...
Dec 5, 2024
Brown: Indian diplomat pushed back when he used the words "Sikh nation"
OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. But he offered up T...
Dec 5, 2024
House rejects Democratic efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz's ethics report
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House shut down Democrats' efforts Thursday to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, pushing the fate of any resolution to the yearslong investigati...
Dec 5, 2024
Blackhawks fire coach Luke Richardson in his 3rd season after league-worst start
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, with the team off to the worst start in the league nearly a third of the way through his third season. The Blackhawks are...
Dec 5, 2024