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In Italy, theatre reopens in town devastated by COVID
MILAN - In a signal of rebirth, the Donizetti theatre in the northern Italian city of Bergamo, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, reopened this weekend after three years of renovations. But the p...
Nov 23, 2020
Canadians eligible for GST credit expected to receive 'grocery rebate' today
OTTAWA - Canadians eligible for the GST credit are expected to receive a special payment today to help with the rising cost of groceries. The payment, which the Liberal government is calling the groce...
Jul 05, 2023
NW Territorial Days Parade set in North Battleford
There's just a few hours until parade time for families in the Battlefords.The Northwest Territorial Days Parade, held by the Battlefords Agricultural Society, gets underway this evening at 7:00 p.m. ...
Aug 16, 2021
Natural gas pipeline company posts 72-hour notice to clear way in northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. - A natural gas pipeline company has posted an injunction order giving opponents 72 hours to clear the way toward its work site in northern British Columbia, although the company says it...
Jan 10, 2020
Only UKIP lawmaker in British Parliament quits anti-EU party
LONDON - The UK Independence Party is losing its only member of the British Parliament in a blow to the upstart anti-Europe party, which has seen bitter feuding between its top figures. Douglas Carswe...
Mar 25, 2017
Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah kill at least 25 and wound 50, Gaza health officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians north of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50 according to Gaza's Heath Min...
Jun 21, 2024
Prince heirs sue Illinois hospital over care during overdose
MINNEAPOLIS - Prince’s heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid overdose, alleging that a doctor and various pharmaci...
Apr 23, 2018
Man wanted in stepson's death fled 2,000 kilometres before arrest, police say
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - An Ontario man accused of killing his seven-year-old stepson and badly injuring a banker with whom he’d once had professional dealings managed to flee 2,000 kilometres ove...
Mar 22, 2017
Teachers say they're preparing for online and in-class lessons with little guidance
TORONTO - Rachel Rosen doesn't even know what classes she'll be teaching in three weeks, let alone how she'll juggle preparing in-person and online lessons. An ever-fluctuating set of back-to-school g...
Aug 16, 2020
Quebec university postpones intimate photo lawsuit against student
MONTREAL - A Montreal university has postponed the legal action it took against a student who posted on social media semi-nude photos of herself posing with a diploma featuring the school's logo. Univ...
Apr 06, 2021