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Iraq bombs kill 23, disrupt return to normal life in Mosul
IRBIL, Iraq - Zaid Ahmed’s barber shop in the Gogjali district of Mosul was packed with customers Thursday when the first of three car bombs ripped through the outdoor food market outside. Ahmed...
Dec 22, 2016
Bronze ceiling: Girls seek statue of woman for Central Park
NEW YORK - Wander through Central Park past monuments to figures including Christopher Columbus, Alexander Hamilton, William Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott, and it may suddenly hit you: Where are th...
Oct 09, 2016
Dominion Diamond to be taken over by Washington Cos. in US$1.2B agreement
CALGARY - The Washington Companies has won over the board of Dominion Diamond Corp., one of the world’s largest diamond producers, with a sweetened US$1.2-billion bid. The privately held Montana...
Jul 17, 2017
Procurement minister defends rule change for F-35 as necessary for competition
OTTAWA - The federal procurement minister is defending the government's plan to loosen procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter in the face of questions and concerns from companies that make com...
Jun 01, 2019
RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The RCMP have failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to detail how they plan to implement recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. When the Mass Casualty Com...
Jan 09, 2024
Marlene Bird to be remembered at memorial feast and round dance
Family and friends will gather in Prince Albert this week to remember Marlene Bird at a memorial event that has also become part of the healing process for Bird's long-time partner. Patrick LaVallee i...
Nov 28, 2018
No. 3 House GOP leader backs Trump impeachment as tide grows
WASHINGTON - Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party's upper echelons on Tuesday as the No. 3 House GOP leader said she would vote to impeach Trump. &qu...
Jan 13, 2021
Vancouver Convention Centre picked for off site COVID-19 treatment centre
VICTORIA - Vancouver's waterfront convention centre is being prepared as a health facility in British Columbia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday. The centre...
Mar 30, 2020
Dogged: Badly wrecked, German shepherd shows at Westminster
NEW YORK - Exactly what happened to the dog on that New Jersey highway, no one really knows. This much is true: Fanucci the young German shepherd was so shattered, so bloodied after jumping out of a b...
Feb 12, 2018
The bling's the thing. MLSE goes all out with Toronto FC championship rings
TORONTO - It’s been a rough MLS season so far for injury-ravaged Toronto FC. But there were smiles all round this week as players collected their championship bling, a sparkling reminder of thei...
May 30, 2018