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Federal Court of Appeal narrows release of Senate-scandal documents
OTTAWA - The government does not have to release parts of a memo about the Senate's expense scandals in 2013 because it constituted legal advice for then prime minister Stephen Harper, the Federa...
May 12, 2019
Projected high draft pick Kaapo Kakko leads Finland to win over Canada
KOSICE, Slovakia - Finland continued its recent domination of Canada in international hockey on Friday, winning 3-1 in the opening game for both teams at the world men's championship. The Finns beat t...
May 12, 2019
Officials: Rapper Kodak Black arrested on weapons charges
MIAMI - Officials say Florida rapper Kodak Black was arrested on federal and state weapons charges just before he was to perform at a hip-hop festival. The U.S. Marshals office says in a news release ...
May 12, 2019
Quebec targets three English Montreal schools for transfer to French board
MONTREAL - Quebec says the English school board serving Montreal must come up with a suitable solution to overcrowding in the French-language system or the education minister will unilateral...
May 12, 2019
Space-tourism enters 'home stretch' toward commercial flight
SANTA FE, N.M. - Billionaire Richard Branson is moving Virgin Galactic's winged passenger rocket and more than 100 employees from California to a remote commercial launch and landing facility in south...
May 12, 2019
US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs
WASHINGTON - Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump asserted o...
May 12, 2019
Judge dismisses lawsuit over slain millionaire's residency
CONCORD, N.H. - A judge in New Hampshire dismissed a lawsuit Friday against a man relatives say killed his millionaire grandfather for inheritance money, saying the slain grandfather was not a residen...
May 12, 2019
Log costs, wildfires cited in decision to close sawmill in Quesnel, B.C.
QUESNEL, B.C. - The mayor of Quesnel says the closure of a sawmill in his community is a necessary if difficult step toward keeping British Columbia's forestry industry alive. Bob Simps...
May 12, 2019
Meghan, Harry release baby feet photo for US Mother's Day
LONDON - Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have released a photo of their newborn baby's feet to mark Meghan's first Mother's Day as a mom. The image posted Sunday on Instagram showed Me...
May 12, 2019
State of emergency declared, evacuations ordered amid central B.C. wildfire
FRASER LAKE, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire in central British Columbia has prompted a local state of emergency and several evacuations. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako issued a state of e...
May 12, 2019
