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Lawyers for Canada's attorney general to argue for extradition of Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - Lawyers representing the Canadian attorney general are set to begin arguments today at an extradition hearing for Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. The hearing in Vancouver...
Jan 22, 2020
Du Toit exceeds own expectations at Latinoamerica qualifier for full exemption
A month ago, Jared du Toit wasn't even sure he'd be playing in the Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament in Mexico. He'd been frustrated with the state of his game for all of the 2019 season and drilled...
Jan 22, 2020
Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland - Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany's death camps. Tha...
Jan 22, 2020
Trudeau meets Pallister and the Meng hearing; In The News for Jan. 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 20. What we are watching in Canada ... WI...
Jan 22, 2020
Flights resume after blizzard and analyzing bird poop; In The News for Jan. 22
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 22 ... What we are wa...
Jan 22, 2020
Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars
MUNICH - Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Auschwitz. Although she has no conscious memories stre...
Jan 22, 2020
Growing natural-disaster response risks dulling Army's fighting edge: Commander
OTTAWA - Canada's top soldier is warning that as the Army gets called out to a growing number of floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, there is a risk that work will hurt the force's ability ...
Jan 22, 2020
Manitoba carbon tax a maybe, Pallister says after meeting Trudeau in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is holding out the possibility of imposing a carbon tax in his province as he tries to fashion a green plan that will meet with the federal g...
Jan 22, 2020
Fraud allegations a facade, Meng lawyer argues as extradition hearing begins
VANCOUVER - Fraud allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are a "facade" and charges filed by the United States are really about the country trying to enforce its sanctions&nb...
Jan 22, 2020
Flights to resume out of St. John's, N.L., as search for missing man suspended
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Commercial flights were set to resume out of St. John's, N.L., this morning, as eastern Newfoundland continues to dig itself out from last week's record-breaking blizzard. Toda...
Jan 22, 2020