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Fort St. John RCMP looking for assault suspect
Fort St. John RCMP are searching for one of the two suspects in a New Year's Day incident where a man was thrown from a vehicle.Mounties say they got a call just before 1 p.m. saying that someone had ...
Jan 03, 2020 Vincent Allen Davis. Photo supplied by Fort St. John RCMP.
Iranian cyberattacks feared after killing of top general
BOSTON - Iran's retaliation for the United States' targeted killing of its top general is likely to include cyberattacks, security experts warned Friday. Iran's state-backed hackers are already among ...
Jan 03, 2020

Chelsea denied by overhead kick; Arsenal beats Man United
LONDON - Having finally ended a goal drought, Alireza Jahanbakhsh is now celebrating the greatest strike of his career. With an acrobatic overhead kick, the Brighton forward stunned not just Chelsea b...
Jan 03, 2020

Ex-Nissan chief made escape to Beirut aboard charter flights
ANKARA, Turkey - Charter flights that spirited ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Istanbul and from there to Beirut - an escape made possible with the help of an airline employee who falsified...
Jan 03, 2020

Man left drugs, gun in designer bags at convenience store
GALLIANO, La. - Louisiana authorities are perplexed over why a man left apparent designer bags holding drugs, a gun, cash and a digital scale in a convenience store. The man went into the store early ...
Jan 03, 2020

Iranian-Canadians dance, cheer and celebrate death of top general in Iran
TORONTO - Several dozen Iranian-Canadians danced and cheered in Toronto on Friday as they celebrated the death of a top general in their home country. An American airstrike authorized by U.S...
Jan 03, 2020

Montgomery calls firing by Stars 'appropriate,' enters rehab
DALLAS - Former Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery said Friday his abrupt dismissal by the NHL club was "appropriate" and he has entered alcohol rehab. Montgomery's statement was his first public comme...
Jan 03, 2020

Calgary police say person of interest in homicide case may be in Saskatoon
Calgary police say they would like to speak to a man who they believe has critical information about a Boxing Day homicide.Officers responded to a call of shots being fired in the city around 9 p.m.Th...
Jan 03, 2020

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern dies at 77
NEW YORK - David Stern had basketball as a passion and law as a profession, one he figured he could return to if a job at the NBA didn't work out. He never did. Instead he went to Europe, Asia and ple...
Jan 03, 2020

New leader to be chosen by federal Conservative members on June 27
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives will choose their next leader at a convention on June 27 in Toronto. Former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt, who is co-organizing the race, said the rules for t...
Jan 03, 2020