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US construction spending jumps 1.3% in October
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. construction spending jumped 1.3% in October, the fifth straight monthly increase, again on the strength of single-family home building. The Commerce Department reported Tues...
Dec 01, 2020
Car hits pedestrians in Germany; 2 killed, 15 injured
BERLIN - A car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing two people and seriously injuring 15 others, officials said. The driver was arrested and the ve...
Dec 01, 2020
Adventure park proposed at Little Red
The Rotary Club of Prince Albert is proposing a major addition at Little Red River Park to mark their 100th anniversary as a service club.President Keith Fonstad presented the club's vision for a new ...
Dec 01, 2020
Nasdaq seeks mandatory board diversity for listed companies
The Nasdaq stock exchange is seeking U.S. authority to require more diversity in the boardrooms of Nasdaq-listed companies, or to explain why they can not. It is the first major exchange to pursue suc...
Dec 01, 2020
BioNTech, Pfizer ask Europe to OK vaccine for emergency use
BERLIN - The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they have submitted an application for conditional approval of their coronavirus vaccine with the European Medicines...
Dec 01, 2020
Canadians OK with vaccine wait and wolfdogs get a home: In The News for Dec. 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 Dec. 1 ...What we are watching in Canada ...A ...
Dec 01, 2020
Tory MPs keep talking on assisted dying bill as clock ticks down to Dec. 18 deadline
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are refusing to be rushed into a vote on assisted dying legislation, despite a looming court-imposed deadline. The Liberal minority government has until Dec. 18 to pass Bill ...
Dec 01, 2020
Guitar made in 1950s worth more than B.C. family imagined
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - When Renee Latheur decided to take an old guitar into a music store in Kamloops, B.C., she didn't expect the instrument that had sat in a closet for years to be worth thousands of dol...
Dec 01, 2020
Statistics Canada to say today how country's economy fared in third quarter of 2020
OTTAWA - The national statistics office will say this morning how much Canada's domestic economy bounced back in the third quarter of the year. The Canadian economy suffered its worst three-month stre...
Dec 01, 2020
Trial set to resume for teen accused in St. Michael's College School sex assault case
The trial of a teen accused of sexually assaulting two students at a prestigious Toronto high school is set to resume today.The former student of St. Michael's College School has pleaded not guilty to...
Dec 01, 2020