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Green coalition says feds must admit true costs of climate change
OTTAWA - Almost two dozen Canadian environment groups are urging the federal Liberal government to make sure its next budget acknowledges that climate change is costing the country hundreds ...
Nov 06, 2019

Family: France's Catherine Deneuve hospitalized with stroke
PARIS - Her family says French cinematic icon Catherine Deneuve has had a mild stroke while filming her latest movie. Denueve's family said in a statement released Wednesday that the 76-year-old actre...
Nov 06, 2019

Judge rejects new federal health rule affecting abortions
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York has struck down a rule letting health care clinicians object to providing abortions and other services on moral or religious grounds. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ru...
Nov 06, 2019

Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned over
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's tax returns can be turned over to New York prosecutors by his personal accountant, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, leaving the last word to the Supreme Court ...
Nov 06, 2019

CP NewsAlert: Lions fire head coach DeVone Claybrooks after 5-13 season
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have fired head coach DeVone Claybrooks. The CFL team finished last in the West Division standings with a 5-13 record. There's no immediate word on a replacement. More ...
Nov 06, 2019

New Senate group forms to push regional interests in a fractured Parliament
OTTAWA - Canada's Senate took another step Monday in its evolution toward a less partisan chamber of sober second thought as 11 senators banded together to form a new&nbs...
Nov 06, 2019

Calgary firefighters concerned about response times
CALGARY- The Calgary Firefighters Association says a shortage of crews is putting people at risk.President Mike Henson says in some cases fire trucks aren't responding to fires quickly enough because ...
Nov 06, 2019

Rapper accused of choking, biting woman in Atlanta
ATLANTA - A rapper is accused of choking and biting his girlfriend while in Atlanta. News outlets report Osiris Williams, also known as YK Osiris, was arrested Monday on a felony charge of aggravated ...
Nov 06, 2019

Quebec backtracks on changes to immigration program aimed at students
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is backtracking on proposed changes to a popular immigration program aimed at university students that would've seen many of them sent home. Immigration Minist...
Nov 06, 2019

Nose wheel mishap halts WestJet flight short of Calgary terminal
CALGARY- A runway at the Calgary International Airport had to be shut down for a number of hours when the front wheel of a WestJet flight went off the tarmac after landing.An airport spokesman says no...
Nov 06, 2019