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Pipeline protests expected today, governments to meet with First Nations
VICTORIA - Anti-pipeline protests that have severed vital freight and passenger rail links across Canada could heat up today, with the added threat of activists planning to shut down governm...
Feb 14, 2020
Global economic security critical, Trudeau to tell security conference
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the Munich Security Conference today and urge global leaders to accept that a changing world requires more effort to bring economic prosperity for a...
Feb 14, 2020
Bloemen wins 5,000 gold at single distance speedskating championships
SALT LAKE CITY - Calgary's Ted-Jan Bloemen won gold in the men's 5,000-metres Thursday at the world single distance speedskating championships. Bloemen finished in a time of six minutes 4.375 seconds ...
Feb 14, 2020
Formula One's Chinese Grand Prix postponed due to virus
LONDON - Formula One organizers on Wednesday postponed the Chinese Grand Prix that was due to be staged in Shanghai in April, the latest sporting event impacted by the fast-spreading viral infection i...
Feb 14, 2020
Peace Country farmer calling for federal action on rail blockades
One Peace Region farmer says unless there is action from the federal government, the situation with blockades on railways will get worse.The blockades are part of protests across Canada in support of ...
Feb 14, 2020
Over 100 Peace Region Athletes attending Alberta Winter Games in Airdrie
Over 100 athletes from Grande Prairie and dozens more from around the Peace Region will be participating at the Alberta Winter Games in Airdrie from February 14-17. 2,700 athletes, coaches and officia...
Feb 14, 2020 Photo Credit: Alberta Winter Games Airdrie 2020
Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis refused Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men or women as deacons to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has divided...
Feb 14, 2020
Trudeau secures Senegal's vote for UN Security Council seat on Dakar trip
DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on the world to do more to spread freedom Wednesday, as he visited a museum in Senegal that was once a centre in the African slave trade...
Feb 14, 2020
A note on a dropped piano and a curtain call; In The News for Feb. 12
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 Feb. 12 ... What...
Feb 14, 2020
Chiefs head to court over pipeline as supporters take to streets in protest
Two hereditary chiefs from a British Columbia First Nation at the heart of a wave of national protests launched a constitutional challenge of fossil fuel projects on Wednesday as Prime Minister J...
Feb 14, 2020