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Canada in talks about sending more forces to eastern Europe: Anand
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says the government believes in the importance of bolstering NATO's eastern flank in response to Russia's military buildup, and that discussions are underway arou...
Feb 02, 2022

Minneapolis police: Officer fatally shot man who had a gun
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis police officer fatally shot a man Wednesday who authorities say had a loaded gun in his hand when officers entered a downtown apartment as part of a murder investigati...
Feb 02, 2022

Wandering hen taken into custody at Pentagon security area
WASHINGTON (AP) - A wandering chicken was caught sneaking around a security area at the Pentagon, a local animal welfare organization said. The loose hen was found early Monday morning near the U.S. D...
Feb 02, 2022

Testimony: Waffle House shooter wrote to Winfrey, Swift
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man who shot and killed four people in a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 had written Oprah Winfrey asking for help in determining whether his delusions that Taylor Swift was c...
Feb 02, 2022

Canada in talks about sending more forces to eastern Europe: Anand
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says the government believes in the importance of bolstering NATO's eastern flank in response to Russia's military buildup, and that discussions are underway arou...
Feb 02, 2022

McCarville knocks Crawford from ranks of unbeaten at Scotties Tournament of Hearts
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville knocked New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford from the ranks of the unbeaten Wednesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. McCarville (4-2) scored ...
Feb 02, 2022

Veteran Bethel-Thompson thankful for chance to lead Argos to better 2022 ending
There was much about the 2021 CFL season for McLeod Bethel-Thompson to like. He firmly established himself as the Toronto Argonauts' No. 1 quarterback winning seven-of-nine starts and leading the fran...
Feb 02, 2022

Jury: No defamation from Roy Moore or woman who accused him
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A jury on Wednesday found that no defamation occurred between former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and the woman who accused him of molesting her when she was 14. The former ...
Feb 02, 2022

Tennessee Senate debates expelling a convicted colleague
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Republican-led Tennessee Senate voted Wednesday to remove Democratic Sen. Katrina Robinson from office because of her recent wire fraud conviction, the first time the chamb...
Feb 02, 2022

'Everything is becoming kind of logjammed': What it's like inside an ER amid Omicron
TORONTO - Eight patients on gurneys line a hallway of a Toronto emergency department one Tuesday afternoon in January. Three more rest down another hall. "Help me, help me," a patient moans. "Lady, be...
Feb 02, 2022