Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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U.S. formally requests Meng Wanzhou’s extradition, case back in court on March 6
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government has received a formal request for the extradition of a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies as a judge in Vancouver agreed to a minor change i...
Jan 29, 2019
Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder
TORONTO - A serial killer who preyed on men from Toronto's gay village for years has pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder. Bruce McArthur, who had been set to stand trial next year, e...
Jan 29, 2019
U.S. levels 23 charges against Huawei
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice is formally levelling 23 criminal charges against Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei Technologies, multiple subsidiaries and chief financial officer Meng Wanzho...
Jan 28, 2019
Prime minister fires John McCallum as Canada’s ambassador to China
OTTAWA - Canada's strategy for navigating growing tensions with China was in disarray Saturday after Justin Trudeau fired his ambassador to Beijing. The prime minister's office announced Saturday that...
Jan 26, 2019 Canadian Ambassador to China John McCallum listens to a question following participation at the federal cabinet meeting in Sherbrooke, Que., Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
McMorris wins silver in big air at X Games, Olympic champ Toutant places fourth
ASPEN, Colo. - Canada's Mark McMorris claimed the silver medal in the big air competition at the X Games on Friday. He scored a combined 85 points on his jumps. Takeru Otsuka scored 88 for gold while ...
Jan 26, 2019 (XGames/Twitter)
Under construction: Broncos family focused on rebuilding, not sentencing hearing
AIRDRIE, Alta. - The family of injured Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki is focusing its attention closer to home ahead of next week's sentencing hearing for the truck driver who caused the t...
Jan 26, 2019
U.S. hunters use duck hunting ruse to bag illegal quarry in Canada: ministry
REGINA - Several charges related to illegal hunting in Saskatchewan have been laid against two men from Missouri who were found guilty last month in one of that state's largest deer-poaching cases. Th...
Jan 25, 2019
Food agency expands recall of noodle dishes over undeclared egg ingredient
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expanding a recall of noodle dishes that may contain egg and could cause life-threatening allergic reactions. It says a warning issued on Jan. 11 for ce...
Jan 24, 2019
Canada endorses Venezuelan opposition leader as interim president
OTTAWA - Canada joined several other countries in the Americas Wednesday in recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president. A statement from the Lima Group, wh...
Jan 24, 2019
Zamboni stranded in N.S. ditch takes off as amusing Canadian snapshot
WINDSOR, N.S. - The powerful storm that battered Eastern Canada Monday had an unexpected casualty - a Zamboni found in a ditch near Windsor, Nova Scotia, without a rink in sight. A bemused driver snap...
Jan 22, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jake Ross
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