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Trudeau says mayor who compared Quebec bill to ethnic cleansing should apologize
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday became the latest politician to call out a suburban Montreal mayor who compared Quebec's recently tabled secularism bill to ethnic cleansing. Speaki...
Apr 12, 2019
Montreal Impact excited to finally make season debut at home
MONTREAL - After surviving the longest road trip in their franchise's history, Montreal Impact players are brimming with confidence ahead of their home opener. The Impact (2-2-2) host the Eastern-Conf...
Apr 12, 2019
Liberal's concession in Wisconsin race boosts GOP confidence
MADISON, Wis. - The liberal candidate's concession Wednesday in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race gave Republicans a boost of confidence following a string of losses heading into the 2020 presidential ca...
Apr 12, 2019
Police: Coffee shop owner killed, 17 hurt in gas explosion
DURHAM, N.C. - A leaking gas line exploded Wednesday in a Durham shopping district,killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others as firefighters were evacuating people from buildings near t...
Apr 12, 2019
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has book coming in the fall
NEW YORK - Nikki Haley, the former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor, has a book deal. St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday that Haley's book, currently untitled, will come out t...
Apr 12, 2019
Captains change, but goal stays the same for Canada in women's world hockey
ESPOO, Finland - The dynamic in Canada's leadership shifted during the women's world hockey championship. The next two games determining if Canada wins a medal and what colour will...
Apr 12, 2019
Forrest Gregg, lineman for mighty Packers teams, dies at 85
Forrest Gregg, the great lineman for the mighty Green Bay Packers of the 1960s whom Vince Lombardi called the "best player I ever coached," has died. He was 85. The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced...
Apr 12, 2019
Companies that build temporary stages should be licensed, coroner's inquest says
TORONTO - A coroner's inquest into the death of a drum technician who was crushed when a stage collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto is recommending that companies that build temporary ...
Apr 12, 2019
Chevron vaults into new league on $33B Anadarko acquisition
Chevron will buy Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion in a cash-and-stock, energizing its deep water exploration in the gulf and in the energy-rich southwest region of Texas called the Permian Basin. Th...
Apr 12, 2019
NewsAlert: McGill to drop Redmen name
MONTREAL - McGill University has announced that effective today, its sports teams will no longer be called the Redmen. Principal Suzanne Fortier says the Redmen name is not one the university would ch...
Apr 12, 2019