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Jordan's king puts half-brother under formal house arrest
JERUSALEM (AP) - Jordan king has gone public with a royal rift with his half-brother and formalized the former crown prince's house arrest, calling him "erratic" in an unprecedented harshly worded pub...
May 19, 2022

Grand jury indicts man in Buffalo supermarket shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. Assis...
May 19, 2022

Montreal public health to provide update on suspected presence of rare monkeypox
MONTREAL - Public health authorities in Montreal will provide an update today on the suspected presence of monkeypox in the city. Dr. Mylne Drouin, the city's public health director, and Dr. Genevive ...
May 19, 2022

Top court won't hear ex-OPP deputy commissioner's appeal over lawsuit against Ford
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a former high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police officer over his bid to sue Premier Doug Ford for defamation. Former OPP deputy commis...
May 19, 2022

Grande Prairie man's solar-powered, touchless sanitation stations making a 'splash'
After fueling up his welding rig and not being able to wash his hands once done at the pumps, a Grande Prairie man decided to come up with a solution. Nipiy Industries, an Indigenous-owned company, wa...
May 19, 2022

Joey Votto targets return to Reds lineup and Toronto on Friday
Toronto native Joey Votto knows exactly what sights he wants to see when he returns to his hometown. "I'd like to see the centre of the baseball. And parts of the city? Somewhere around windows? Maybe...
May 19, 2022

Germany: 1 person wounded, 1 detained in school attack
BERLIN (AP) - German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with a Thursday morning attack at a high school in the northern city of Bremerhaven in which one person was injured. Police s...
May 19, 2022

Prince Charles and Camilla finish up Platinum Jubilee visit in Northwest Territories
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are spending the final day of the royal visit in Canada's North. The couple has another busy day scheduled in the Northwest Territories, with stops mea...
May 19, 2022

Kenney resigns and Prince Charles continues tour: In The News for May 19, 2022
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 Thursday, May 19, 2022 ... What we are watchin...
May 19, 2022

Liberals set to revive plan for Canada Border Services Agency watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are poised to rekindle a plan to allow travellers, immigration detainees and others who feel they have been mistreated by Canada's border agency to complain to an indepen...
May 19, 2022