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Parkland victim's wife to shooter: 'You will cease to exist'
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz's two-day sentencing hearing began Tuesday, with the families of the 17 people he murdered addressing him in emotional and often angry...
Nov 01, 2022

Mom of last Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan named Silver Cross Mother
OTTAWA - We'll see you at Christmas. It was October 2011 and Candy Greff was standing outside a restaurant in Morinville, Alta.,saying goodbye to her son Byron Greff. Little did she know that it would...
Nov 01, 2022

Truckers to testify and BoC governor speaks to Senate: In The News for Nov. 1
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. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 01, 2022

'Freedom Convoy' leaders to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizers are expected to testify at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act starting today. The witnesses are expected to shed light on ...
Nov 01, 2022

Lawyers for Ontario Premier Doug Ford to appear in to court today to fight summons
OTTAWA - Lawyers for Ontario Premier Doug Ford and a top provincial minister are set to argue in court today in an effort to get the pair out of testifying at the federal Emergencies Act inquiry. The ...
Nov 01, 2022

Macklem, Rogers to appear before Senate banking committee Tuesday evening
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem and senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers are expected to testify before the Senate banking committee this evening. Last week, the central bank raised int...
Nov 01, 2022

Feds looked to international missing persons commission for help on unmarked graves
OTTAWA - The Canadian government approached an international commission that helped identify the remains of those killed during 9/11 and the Lac-Mgantic rail disaster to potentially aid its response t...
Nov 01, 2022

Danish elections could pave way for a center government .
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Polling stations across Denmark opened Tuesday in a national election expected to change the Scandinavian nation's political landscape, with new parties hoping to enter parl...
Nov 01, 2022

Israelis vote again, as political crisis grinds on
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis began voting on Tuesday in national elections that are being held for the fifth time since 2019, hoping to break the political deadlock that has paralyzed the country for the...
Oct 31, 2022

House GOP's possible newcomers include outsiders, extremists
WASHINGTON (AP) - At least three Republicans running for the U.S. House attended the "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6, 2021, and made their way toward the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection to stop ...
Oct 31, 2022