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UPDATE: Missing teen in Grande Prairie found
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP has reported Eileen Lafferty has been found safe. Mounties would like to thank the public for their assistance with this case. Mounties in Grande Prairie are asking the pub...
Nov 9, 2023
Mourinho and Sarri exchange jibes ahead of Rome derby in Serie A
MILAN (AP) - Despite Roma and Lazio being involved in European competition, much of the attention this week has been focused on Sunday's derby match in Serie A and the barbs have been flying. After La...
Nov 9, 2023
Manuel Neuer hails 'phenomenon' Harry Kane for brilliant start with Bayern Munich
MUNICH (AP) - England captain Harry Kane has made a brilliant start in Germany, where 15 goals in 10 Bundesliga games have matched another Bayern Munich great's league record. Gerd Mller is the only o...
Nov 9, 2023
Spain's Socialists to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for support of new government
MADRID (AP) - Spain's Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for potentially thousands of people involved in the region's failed secession bid in ...
Nov 9, 2023
French President Macron opens Gaza aid conference with appeal to Israel to protect civilians
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron opened a Gaza aid conference on Thursday with an appeal for Israel to protect civilians, saying that "all lives have equal worth" and that fighting terror...
Nov 9, 2023
Canadians and other foreign nationals still waiting for border crossing to reopen
A key crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt has remained closed today as hundreds of people connected to Canada await news of when - and whether - they will be able to escape the besieged Palestin...
Nov 9, 2023
In The News for today: Gaza bombardment overnight hits close to hospital
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Israel and Hamas conflict continues The general director of Gaza City's main ho...
Nov 9, 2023
Study looks back centuries to peer into the future for polar bears
New research suggests that ancient polar bear populations shrank as sea ice dwindled, adding weight to concerns about the predator's future as climate change melts the Arctic. "The population size see...
Nov 9, 2023
Supports for Gaza Strip evacuees to be determined based on need, minister says
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the immigration status and supports available for evacuees who escape from Gaza Strip will have to be determined based on individual circumstances once p...
Nov 9, 2023
Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Ontario election advertising case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to indicate today whether it will hear an appeal of a ruling that struck down third-party election advertising rules in Ontario. The law in question added m...
Nov 9, 2023