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Robbery, chase, shooting, crash and police response cause mayhem in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A search is underway for two people linked to a violent series of events that brought the Tuesday evening rush hour to a standstill along a section of Highway 1 through Coquitlam, B....
Nov 23, 2022
Canadian men lay claim to the turf at World Cup stadium before tournament opener
AL RAYYAN, Qatar - Canada came armed to the World Cup. During World Cup qualifying the Canadian men travelled with a sword which bears the words 'Nihil timendum est,' which is 'Fear Nothing' in Latin....
Nov 23, 2022
Alta.'s tactic of doling out cash fuels inflation rather than easing it: economists
Economists say provinces peppering the public with cash to deal with soaring prices compounds inflation rather than easing it. Travis Shaw says the move fails to quell inflation because having extra m...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...
Nov 23, 2022
NHL notebook: Early season 'Fire Lindy' chants didn't 'sit well' with surging Devils
Miles Wood was in his car and not in a good mood. New Jersey Devils fans were in the same boat for different reasons. A team with heightened expectations after a mostly miserable decade had just dropp...
Nov 23, 2022
From Mexico to Qatar, Jamie Lowery's Canadian World Cup adventure continues
DOHA, Qatar - Thirty-six years later, Jamie Lowery is back at the World Cup. Lowery, one of two amateurs on the Canadian team that played at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, has returned to the soccer sh...
Nov 23, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: In the face of a big tax hike, zero-based budgeting is a must
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE to start a new job and have to tell the people who hired you they'll need to pay more to run the business?That's what Kamloops City council is facing as it looks at a new inflation-...
Nov 23, 2022
UK top court rules against Scottish independence vote plan
LONDON (AP) - The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland does not have the power to hold a new referendum on independence without the consent of the British government. The judgment is a setback f...
Nov 23, 2022
Canada at the World Cup, ministers to testify at inquiry : In The News for Nov. 23
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 Nov. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 23, 2022
Strike on Ukrainian maternity hospital kills newborn
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - An overnight rocket attack struck a hospital maternity ward in southern Ukraine, killing a newborn baby, Its mother and a doctor were pulled alive from the rubble, Ukrainian autho...
Nov 23, 2022
