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Father and stepmother sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in England
LONDON (AP) - The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murder. Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batoo...
Dec 17, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Housing crisis voted Canadian Press News Story of the Year
OTTAWA - The critical shortage of available and affordable housing is the 2024 Canadian Press News Story of the Year. It received votes from more than one-quarter of nearly 100 editors surveyed. The J...
Dec 17, 2024
Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a seventh woman
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman. Rex Heuermann was charg...
Dec 17, 2024
Canada’s quarterly population growth hits slowest pace since early 2022
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada estimates the country's population grew by 176,699 people between July 1 and Oct. 1, marking the slowest pace of growth since the first quarter of 2022. Canada's population ...
Dec 17, 2024
Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson won't face extradition by Denmark to Japan - lawyer
LONDON (AP) - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, the Danish Justice Ministry and defense lawyers said. Japan had asked...
Dec 17, 2024
StatCan set to release November inflation figures today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release its November consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate stayed at two per cent last month...
Dec 17, 2024
Chelsea confirms FA has contacted Mykhailo Mudryk after 'adverse finding' in player's doping test
Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has been contacted by the English Football Association over an "adverse finding" in a routine urine test, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Chelsea said Ukraine int...
Dec 17, 2024
Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of U.K. boxer
EDMONTON - A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter's death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United K...
Dec 17, 2024
With Freeland out and the federal deficit up, Parliament is set to take holiday break
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing def...
Dec 17, 2024
Feisty winger Kiefer Sherwood providing big offence, big hits for Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Kiefer Sherwood was a thorn in the Vancouver Canucks' side last spring. Eight months later, the feisty winger has bloomed into one of the team's top forwards. Chants of "Kie-fer Sher-wood!...
Dec 17, 2024