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CP NewsAlert: Ex-space agency engineer acquitted on charge of acting for Chinese firm
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Former Canadian Space Agency engineer Wanping Zheng has been acquitted of breach of trust at the courthouse in Longueuil, Que. Zheng, 63, a resident of the Montreal suburb of Brossar...
Apr 12, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appears in Ottawa after attacking federal housing plan
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa today after tabling a bill that would allow her province to block future direct funding from the federal government to cities. It's just the ...
Apr 12, 2024

Tiger Woods completes opening round at Masters with a 73, eight shots off the lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Tiger Woods finished up his weather-delayed opening round at the Masters early Friday morning, dropping two more strokes behind leader Bryson DeChambeau and facing a more immediate...
Apr 12, 2024

Depleted Toronto FC heads to Charlotte, looking to reboot after back-to-back losses
Back-to-back losses to Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver along with a growing injury list have brought Toronto FC back to earth after an impressive 3-1-1 start to the MLS season. Coach John Herdman i...
Apr 12, 2024

German parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender
BERLIN (AP) - German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation that will make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records. The "self-det...
Apr 12, 2024

Polish lawmakers vote to move forward with work on lifting near-total abortion ban
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish lawmakers voted Friday to continue work on proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has o...
Apr 12, 2024

Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacy
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis' papacy that is sur...
Apr 12, 2024

Belgium will investigate suspected Russian interference in upcoming EU elections
BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced on Friday an investigation into suspected Russian interference in Europe-wide elections in June, saying that his country's intelligen...
Apr 12, 2024

In the news today: Walmart Canada outfitting warehouses with robots
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Walmart Canada says robots are coming to two Ontario warehouses, but jobs not a...
Apr 12, 2024

Increasing renewable energy to create more conflicts between environmental values
An Alberta environmental group opposes a solar power project over concerns it would damage antelope habitat and block their migration. Homeowners in the province are fighting a renewable natural gas p...
Apr 12, 2024