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Court case seeks details of how Nova Scotia man wrongfully convicted of murder
HALIFAX - A court case is underway today over the release of key evidence explaining what led to the wrongful murder conviction and imprisonment of a Nova Scotia man who spent almost 17 years in jail....
Jul 02, 2019
Tsilhqot'in First Nation promises peaceful protests as Taseko Mines prepares to start drilling
WILLIAMS LAKE - A First Nations community in British Columbia says its members intend to peacefully take action to protect two lakes with cultural and spiritual significance from drilling by a mining ...
Jul 02, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Border Patrol head condemns agents' offensive Facebook posts
CLINT, Texas - The head of the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday slammed as "completely inappropriate" sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenti...
Jul 02, 2019
Woody Allen makes La Scala debut directing comic opera
MILAN - Woody Allen says he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe," as he prepares to make his La Scala debut directing Puccini's comic one-act opera 'Gianni Schicchi.' Allen was...
Jul 02, 2019
Singer Patti LaBelle to be honoured with street naming
PHILADELPHIA - Patti LaBelle is being honoured in her hometown of Philadelphia with her very own street. A stretch of Broad Street will be renamed for the legendary soul singer during a ceremony Tuesd...
Jul 02, 2019
International forum: Don't expect cheap money to do it all
FRANKFURT - Stocks have risen on expectation of more help from central banks, but an international financial forum warned Sunday that the global recovery can't just rely on support from the likes of t...
Jul 02, 2019
In the news today, July 2
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 2 --- CANADA CELEBRATES 152ND BIRTHDAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a campaign-style speech focused on his Liberal government's successe...
Jul 02, 2019
Ukraine's comedian-turned-president makes North American debut in Toronto
OTTAWA - Ukraine's new president makes his North American debut in Toronto later today - more than a month before he is to visit the United States - and the country's envoy says that's no mi...
Jul 02, 2019
Global boom in natural gas is undermining climate change action: report
OTTAWA - The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry's biggest pla...
Jul 02, 2019
At DMZ, step into history for Trump as he offers hand to Kim
With wide grins and a historic handshake, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Sunday and agreed to revive talks on the pariah nation...
Jul 01, 2019
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