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Amid backlash, Nova Scotia tells schools athletics authority to reinstate rugby
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has told the province's schools athletics authority to reinstate high school rugby, after it was abruptly cancelled across the province without warning over s...
May 05, 2019
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Amid backlash, Nova Scotia tells schools athletics authority to reinstate rugby
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has told the province's schools athletics authority to reinstate high school rugby, after it was abruptly cancelled across the province without warning over s...
May 05, 2019
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Conservatives didn't properly investigate allegations against Dykstra: report
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada is adding more detailed police checks to its vetting of candidates and creating a specific policy for handling complaints made against MPs and candidates. The...
May 05, 2019
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Ebola outbreak deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacks
KINSHASA, Congo - More than 1,000 people have died from Ebola in eastern Congo since August, the country's health minister said Friday as hostility toward health workers continues to hamper efforts to...
May 05, 2019
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Senator says solitary-confinement bill will make some conditions worse, not better
OTTAWA - A senator says a bill that's supposed to end solitary confinement in Canadian prisons could actually make it worse. Kim Pate spent most of her life advocating for women in the criminal-justic...
May 05, 2019
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Snuggles with feathers: City of Calgary allows livestock as emotional support
CALGARY - A sense of calm comes over Nikki Pike when she's with her three hens Nugget, Nibble and Noodle. The Calgary woman has had anxiety and depression since she was sexually abused as a&...
May 05, 2019
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Liberal candidate challenges 'Come From Away' bias in N.L. politics
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's growing diversity is not yet reflected in its overwhelmingly white slate of elected officials - something Hasan Hai, a Liberal candidate in the upco...
May 05, 2019
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Strong cyclone lashes India, forces 1.2 million from homes
KOLKATA, India - Cyclone Fani tore through India's eastern coast on Friday as a grade 5 storm, lashing beaches with rain and winds gusting up to 205 kilometres (127 miles) per hour and affecting weath...
May 05, 2019
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Cyprus police chief fired over serial killer case
NICOSIA, Cyprus - The president of Cyprus fired the small island nation's police chief Friday, saying botched missing person investigations might have allowed a self-confessed serial killer to claim m...
May 05, 2019
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1 year later, Hawaii lava evacuees grapple with huge losses
PAHOA, Hawaii - A year after a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island rained lava and gases in one of its largest and most destructive eruptions in recorded history, people who lost their homes and farms in t...
May 05, 2019
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