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Toronto's landmark Honest Ed's sign to get a new lease on life at Mirvish theatre
TORONTO - Theatregoers in Toronto will soon come face to face with a piece of local history that once represented a new beginning for generations of newcomers to the city. The glitzy, illuminated sign...
May 23, 2017
This pretty penny could cost you a pretty penny
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Faced with a copper shortage at the beginning of World War II, the U.S. Mint authorized experiments to make pennies from other metals, plastic and rubber. A Tennessee company m...
Jan 03, 2017
Police checks apology and Black Friday upstages Boxing Day; In-The-News Nov. 29
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. 29. What we are watching in Canada ... CA...
Nov 29, 2019
Ukraine presidential vote begins under bribe claim cloud
KIEV, Ukraine - Voters in Ukraine are casting ballots in a presidential election Sunday after a campaign that produced a comedian with no political experience as the front-runner and allegations of vo...
Mar 31, 2019
A judge blocks limits on asylum at US-Mexico border but gives Biden administration time to appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking...
Jul 25, 2023
Local landlords take issue with proposed rental registration bylaw
Rick Kostiuk choked up while standing at a podium in city council chambers Monday - feeling as though part of his livelihood is being unfairly scrutinized by a contentious proposed bylaw that affects ...
Sep 11, 2024
Ukraine's military will pull out of Vuhledar in the east after 2 years of intense fighting
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant hill in eastern Ukraine, after more than two years of grinding battle,...
Oct 02, 2024
Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to 9 days after Election Day, in a win for Democrats. The justices on Wednesday refused to di...
Oct 28, 2020
Budget officer says Liberals' gun buyback could cost up to $756 million
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says it could cost the government $756 million to buy back guns now prohibited in the country, depending on how many there are in Canada and how the Liberals ...
Jun 29, 2021
Vatican No. 2 opens online abuse seminar amid child porn scandal involving senior diplomat
ROME - The Vatican’s secretary of state is headlining an international conference on protecting children from online sexual abuse and exploitation, weeks after he recalled one of his diplomats w...
Oct 02, 2017