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Calgary man faces murder charge in infant son's death
CALGARY- Police have charged a man in the death of his three-month-old son more than a year ago.Anthony Karl Kurucz, 29, has been charged with second-degree murder.Police say emergency crews were call...
Sep 24, 2019

Kenney calls Trudeau's actions "bizarre"
EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney is weighing in on images of Justin Trudeau wearing black and brown face makeup.Kenney just back from a tour urging investment in Alberta's energy sector is calling the f...
Sep 24, 2019

WWE star's tantrum against Alberta Mountie staged
EDMONTON- A professional wrestler's verbal smackdown of an RCMP officer was staged after she was issued a speeding ticket.A video of the traffic stop outside Edmonton went viral over the weekend after...
Sep 24, 2019

Pakistan bus crash kills 26; brakes fail on mountain road
ISLAMABAD - A bus crash in northern Pakistan killed 26 people Sunday after its brakes failed on a winding mountain road, police said. Another 20 passengers were injured when the bus smashed head-on in...
Sep 24, 2019

Hong Kong protesters trample Chinese flag, set street fires
HONG KONG - Protesters in Hong Kong trampled a Chinese flag, vandalized two subway stations and set at least two street fires on Sunday, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again....
Sep 24, 2019

Albania quake has 340 aftershocks, people afraid to go home
TIRANA, Albania - Fear and safety hazards kept many residents of Albania's capital of Tirana and the port city of Durres out of their homes Sunday after an earthquake the day before injured 105 people...
Sep 24, 2019

Arab lawmakers in Israel endorse Gantz for prime minister
JERUSALEM - The Arab bloc in Israel's parliament abandoned its usual hands-off stance Sunday and endorsed former military chief Benny Gantz for prime minister, potentially giving him the edge over har...
Sep 24, 2019

EU court: Dutch tax deal with Starbucks is legal
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A European Union court overturned Tuesday a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Dutch government and Starbucks amounted to illegal state support for ...
Sep 24, 2019

EU top court rules in favour of Google on search engine issue
BRUSSELS - Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday, when the bloc's top court ruled that the U.S. internet giant doesn't have to extend the EU's "right to be forgotten" rules to its s...
Sep 24, 2019

Huawei, frozen toes and a titillating trip; In-The-News for Sept. 24
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 Sept. 24. What we are watching ...
Sep 24, 2019