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Votto, Morneau backing Canada's Walker ahead of Hall of Fame vote reveal
Joey Votto admittedly didn't pay much attention to fellow Canadian Larry Walker during his 17-year playing career. It wasn't until after the 1997 National League MVP reti...
Jan 19, 2020
Drury leads host Canadian ski cross team into chilly World Cup at Nakiska
NAKISKA, Alta. - It's too cold for penguins, but not for ski cross racer Kevin Drury. A cold front enveloping Alberta this week cancelled penguin walks at the Calgary Zoo, where to...
Jan 19, 2020
Recent string of Quebec domestic homicides spur call for action to protect women
MONTREAL - Francis Lalonde Langlois's favourite memory of his mother is when he was five years old and she blew up 2,000 balloons on New Year's Eve because she wanted her three children to r...
Jan 19, 2020
MD of Greenview makes $2,535 donation on behalf of Fight for Hope
The MD of Greenview has made two charitable donations on behalf of the Fight for Hope Foundation.The MD held a fundraiser during their staff Christmas party, where they raised $2,535. That money was s...
Jan 19, 2020 The MD of Greenview presents the cheques to the Fight For Hope Foundation (photo courtesy of the MD of Greenview)
Fire kills 8 at asylum for mentally ill in Czech Republic
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A fire official says eight people have been killed in a fire at an asylum for the mentally ill in the Czech Republic. Prokop Volenik, spokesman for the regional rescue service...
Jan 19, 2020
Industry applauds TMX ruling and Trump called a clown; In The News for Jan. 17
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. 17 ... What we are watchin...
Jan 19, 2020
Plane crash leaves friends in Canada wondering what to do with belongings
It was only a few years ago that Shaho Shahbazpanahi remembers moving his friend Razgar Rahimi and his young family into their home. He's now trying to figure out ...
Jan 19, 2020
Ottawa to avoid selling Trans Mountain pipeline so long as risks remain
OTTAWA - The federal government is studying the best options for Indigenous communities to reap economic benefits from the Trans Mountain pipeline but Ottawa is not planning to sell the proj...
Jan 19, 2020
B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes
VICTORIA - The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month. Th...
Jan 19, 2020
Ukrainian president rejects prime minister's resignation
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected his prime minister's offer to resign and asked him to stay on the job Friday after he was caught on tape saying Zelenskiy - a former si...
Jan 19, 2020