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Indigenous lobster fishery presses ahead despite confrontations in Nova Scotia
DIGBY, N.S. - A First Nations chief says his band's self-regulated lobster fishery in Nova Scotia will press ahead despite opposition from non-Indigenous commercial fishers that erupted in threats and...
Oct 15, 2020
'Bad Hombres' film uses baseball to show the game of borders
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - People have always crossed borders to play baseball, and the sport routinely reaches across borders to fans. But rarely do players have to cross a border almost every day to partici...
Oct 15, 2020
Rudolph and his nose-so-bright into auction will take flight
LOS ANGELES - Rudolph and his still-shiny nose are getting a new home, and it's bound to be a lot nicer than the Island of Misfit Toys. The soaring reindeer and Santa Claus figures who starred in in t...
Oct 15, 2020
List of Billboard Music Awards winners in top categories
A list of winners in the top categories at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, held Wednesday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. - Top Hot 100 song: "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus - Top...
Oct 15, 2020
Small Business Week about resilience and innovation this year
Forging the way forward is the theme for Small Business Week this year. It will run October 18 to 24.Tom Pura with the Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce says the theme means the week w...
Oct 15, 2020
EU imposes sanctions on 6 Russians over Navalny poisoning
The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on six Russian officials and one organization over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navlany with a Soviet-era nerve agent. The move ca...
Oct 15, 2020
French police search homes of top officials in virus probe
PARIS - French police searched the homes of the former prime minister, the current and former health ministers and other top officials Thursday in an investigation into the government response to the ...
Oct 15, 2020
Kyrgyzstan's president steps down amid political unrest
MOSCOW - Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov announced his resignation Thursday in a bid to end the turmoil that has engulfed the Central Asian nation after a disputed parliamentary election. Jee...
Oct 15, 2020
The Forces' most famous tweeter and Genghis Khan exhibit: In The News for Oct. 15
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 Oct. 15. What we are watching in Canada ... Tr...
Oct 15, 2020
Rights group threatens lawsuit to force New Brunswick to make abortion accessible
FREDERICTON - A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely avail...
Oct 15, 2020