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Freight and passenger railways under stress as anti-pipeline blockades continue
The RCMP has formally ended its enforcement operations in a region of northern B.C. that's at the centre of a pipeline dispute as protests across the country continue to cause disruptio...
Feb 12, 2020
Formula One's Chinese Grand Prix postponed due to virus
LONDON - Formula One's governing body 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 infec...
Feb 12, 2020
Fire damages abandoned building in Mission Flats
KAMLOOPS - Fire badly damaged an abandoned building on Mission Flats Road that was apparently scheduled for demolition later this spring.Fire Captain Mike Haines says they got the call about 10:30 PM ...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Kris Everett
Medical aid in dying not driven by lack of access to palliative care: new study
MONTREAL - Medical aid in dying is not being driven by factors such as poverty, isolation, or lack of access to proper palliative care, according to a new study by Canadian researchers....
Feb 12, 2020
Trudeau says it is time world admits there is too much systemic violence
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the world needs to do more to prevent repeating the horrors of history. Trudeau is visiting Goree Island in Senegal this morning. The island ...
Feb 12, 2020
Second Canadian plane bringing Wuhan evacuees home: foreign minister
A second Canadian plane has left the quarantined region of Hubei, China, bearing more Canadians who have asked to return from the centre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the federal govern...
Feb 12, 2020
Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis declined Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Cath...
Feb 12, 2020
A new shipboard Cdn coronavirus case and pipeline protests; In The News for Feb. 10
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. 10. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Feb 12, 2020
Backlog of applications for veterans' benefits grows by the thousands
OTTAWA - More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts to get the situation under control. New...
Feb 12, 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 12, 2020
