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Vancouver home sales down 40% from last year, nearly 1% since July: board
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says last month's home sales plunged roughly 40 per cent since August 2021, but were almost unchanged from this past July. The board says sales f...
Sep 2, 2022
US Navy says Iran again briefly seizes American sea drone
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. Navy says Iran has once again briefly seized an American sea drone before letting it go. Tehran says its navy seized two drones in the Red Sea before releas...
Sep 2, 2022
COLLINS: How do we mend a broken health care system?
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM has for years been eroded by lack of care and too many short-term solutions. We have tried.to put our finger in the dike but we don't have enough fingers left. We have run out o...
Sep 2, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II to skip Highland Games event in Scotland
LONDON (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Braemar Gathering, a popular Highland Games event, as she struggles with issues getting around. The 96-year-old monarch previously decided to formally ap...
Sep 2, 2022
Gas prices expected to drop, Trudeau visits southern Ontario: In The News for Sept. 2
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 Sept. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 2, 2022
Scott Aitchison: Quick facts about the Conservative candidate
OTTAWA - Scott Aitchison, the former mayor of Hunstville, Ont., is running for federal Conservative party leader. The Muskoka region native has spent the majority of his career in municipal politics, ...
Sep 2, 2022
Bail hearing for Saskatchewan mother accused faking deaths before entering U.S.
SASKATOON - A bail hearing is set to begin today for a Saskatchewan woman accused of faking her death and that of her son and illegally crossing the border into the United States. The 48-year-old is s...
Sep 2, 2022
Scott Aitchison: aspiring Conservative leader 'raised by Huntsville'
OTTAWA - Scott Aitchison started knocking on doors at a young age. While other kids growing up in the beautiful Muskoka region of Ontario spent their Saturdays on the water, at soccer practice or watc...
Sep 2, 2022
Quebec election: Liberal party campaigning largely outside Montreal-area strongholds
MONTREAL - Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade has spent the first week of the campaign far away from the party's Montreal-area strongholds. Despite being down in the polls and struggling to...
Sep 2, 2022
Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 3 years for voting fraud
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement in election fraud. The ruling ad...
Sep 1, 2022
