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Iqaluit RCMP investigating reports of pins found in Halloween candy
IQALUIT, Nunavut - RCMP are investigating after receiving two complaints that pins were found in children's Halloween candy in Iqaluit. Police say after receiving the first complaint Wednesday, they a...
Nov 03, 2022

Auger-Aliassime beats French veteran Simon, advances to Paris quarterfinals
PARIS - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament and increased his winning streak to 15 matches with a 6-1, 6-3 win over French wild-card G...
Nov 03, 2022

Israeli PM Lapid concedes defeat to Netanyahu in election
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office says he has conceded defeat to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in this week's election. A statement said Lapid congratulated...
Nov 03, 2022

Most funds raised for 'Freedom Convoy' protest were returned or confiscated
OTTAWA - The public inquiry into the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act says most of the millions of dollars raised by the "Freedom Convoy" ended up in an escrow account or returne...
Nov 03, 2022

Finland's Tuomas Sammelvuo named Volleyball Canada's new men's national team coach
Tuomas Sammelvuo was named the new head coach of Volleyball Canada's men's indoor program on Thursday. Sammelvuo is a former player, both professionally and for his native Finland, and is the current ...
Nov 03, 2022

New storm brings rain, wind and snow to several regions of British Columbia
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The latest in a series of vigorous mid-fall storms is bringing wind, rain and snow to large sections of British Columbia. Snow or rainfall warnings are posted across most of souther...
Nov 03, 2022

Québec solidaire to swear oath to King, vows to table bill to make pledge optional
MONTREAL - The 11 recently elected members of Qubec solidaire are no longer refusing to swear an oath of office to King Charles III. Spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says party members will take the oa...
Nov 03, 2022

Suzuki and Udea tied atop Toto Japan Classic after 1st round
SHIGA, Japan (AP) - Japanese players Ai Suzuki and Momoko Ueda each shot 7-under 65s on Thursday to sit atop the first-round leaderboard at the LPGA Tour's Toto Japan Classic. Two other Japanese playe...
Nov 03, 2022

Official: Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a container truck carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from...
Nov 03, 2022

COLLINS: Hollow promises from the West to Ukraine
"WE'RE WITH YOU TO THE END." Those were the types of promises made to Ukraine as Russian forces attacked and killed thousands, including many civilians back in February. Since then, western nations ha...
Nov 03, 2022

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