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Quebec provincial police report rise in online threats posted to social media
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say online threats posted on social media have increased significantly in the past year, including against politicians. Spokesman Guy Lapointe said today on Tw...
Sep 17, 2020
Nova Scotia First Nation to launch lobster fleet amid tension on the wharf
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - A First Nation in Nova Scotia plans to launch its own lobster fishing fleet today, in defiance of federal regulations that say the fishery is closed for the season. The Sipekne'k...
Sep 17, 2020
US home construction falls 5.1% in August after gains
WASHINGTON - U.S. housing construction fell 5.1% in August after three months of strong gains as home builders mounted a rebound following a pandemic-induced shutdown in March and April. The Commerce ...
Sep 17, 2020
Vancouver's shuttered aquarium searching for financial solution amid pandemic
VANCOUVER - Lillooet stepped out of her travelling cage, stretched her wings, shook her tail feathers and looked around the empty foyer of the Vancouver Aquarium. The 22-year-old African penguin ...
Sep 17, 2020
Fed Cup changes name to honour tennis great Billie Jean King
The Fed Cup is changing its name to honour tennis great Billie Jean King, the woman whose lifelong battle for equality and social justice laid the foundation for generations that followed. The Billie ...
Sep 17, 2020
From beef and hot tubs to shellfish, cargo theft a growing concern in Canada
CALGARY - People may have found it odd when thieves made off with truckloads of hot tubs and beef within days of each other in rural Alberta, but the Insurance Bureau of Canada says it highlights a gr...
Sep 17, 2020
First volume of Barack Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17
NEW YORK - The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day. It's called "A Promised Land" and will cover his swift and historic rise to t...
Sep 17, 2020
Germany apologizes for past military anti-gay discrimination
BERLIN - Germany's defence minister is apologizing for decades of discrimination against gay servicepeople in the military until a change of policy in 2000. A study commissioned by the defence ministr...
Sep 17, 2020
Japan new PM begins 1st full day, vows to push reforms
TOKYO - Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga started his first full day in office Thursday with a resolve to push forward popular reforms. "I'm determined to work hard for the people and get resu...
Sep 17, 2020
Greek police begin moving asylum-seekers into new camp
KARA TEPE, Greece - A Greek police operation was underway on the island of Lesbos Thursday to move thousands of migrants and refugees who have been sleeping on a roadside after a fire destroyed their ...
Sep 17, 2020