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Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal heading to trial on fraud charges in October
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP facing charges of fraud and breach of trust related to his time in office is slated for a trial later this year. Raj Grewal is scheduled to go before an Ontario judge in a...
Feb 17, 2021
European human rights court demands Russia release Navalny
MOSCOW - Europe's top human rights court has ordered Russia to release jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a ruling that will be unlikely to soften the Kremlin's determination to isolate its most...
Feb 17, 2021
U.S. industrial production climbs 0.9% in January
WASHINGTON - American industry expanded for the fourth consecutive month in January, but it has yet to return to the level of activity that preceded the pandemic. U.S. industrial production - which in...
Feb 17, 2021
British queen's husband, Prince Philip, admitted to hospital
Britain's 99-year-old Prince Philip has been admitted to a London hospital after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday. The palace said the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to the...
Feb 17, 2021
Police say latest targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C., sends one man to hospital
SURREY, B.C. - One man is recovering from injuries linked to the latest targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C. RCMP say officers, including members of the gang enforcement squad, responded to reports of sh...
Feb 17, 2021
Wholesale prices surge 1.3% in January, led by energy spike
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices surged 1.3% in January, pushed higher by a big jump in energy costs. The bigger-than-expected increase in the producer price index, which measures inflation pressure...
Feb 17, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: New gun control bill a disappointing mish mash of half measures
KAMLOOPS - AS MUCH AS WE NEED better gun control laws in this country, the latest measures unveiled yesterday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have me baffled.I have no quarrel with the sweeping bans ...
Feb 17, 2021
Canada may face pressure on Iraq, killer storm in U.S.: In The News for Feb. 17
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. 17 ...What we are watching in Canada ...C...
Feb 17, 2021
Carbon price revenues proving tough to predict, making rebates hard to estimate
OTTAWA - The federal government owes Canadian families in three provinces more than $200 million after underestimating how much it would raise from the carbon tax during the first year of the program....
Feb 17, 2021
Mifflin Gibbs: First Black man elected in B.C. won a Victoria council seat in 1866
VICTORIA - The first Black person elected in British Columbia was an American abolitionist and entrepreneur who won a Victoria city council seat in 1866 and played a role in Confederation. In 1858, ab...
Feb 17, 2021
