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CP NewsAlert: First Nation says 54 graves at former Saskatchewan residential schools
KEESEEKOOSE FIRST NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation says 54 graves have been found through ground-penetrating radar at the site of two former residential schools. Keeseekoose First Nation says the ...
Feb 15, 2022

Convoy leaves CN Centre for the Lower Mainland
PRINCE GEORGE - Twenty to 25 vehicles left CN Centre this morning for the so called Freedom Convoy to Vancouver.They're planning stops all the way down to the Lower Mainland including Quesnel, William...
Feb 15, 2022

Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly resigns amid protests: councillor
OTTAWA - An Ottawa city councillor says police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned. Riley Brockington tweeted the news today as anti-vaccine mandate protesters continue to clog the downtown core of Canada'...
Feb 15, 2022

Lawyers: Sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew settled
NEW YORK (AP) - A tentative settlement has been reached in a l awsuit accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 years old in which the prince will make a substantial ...
Feb 15, 2022

Super Bowl has 101.1 million TV viewers, up from 2021
NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl over the Cincinnati Bengals on NBC and Telemundo, up from 2021 and capping a stirring playoff schedule...
Feb 15, 2022

Arrests as RCMP clear protest near Pacific Highway border crossing in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says traffic is moving again south of Vancouver at the Pacific Highway border crossing leading to Washington state. Surrey RCMP Const. Sarbjit Sangha says...
Feb 15, 2022

Four dead, search continues for 15 missing from Spanish fishing boat off Newfoundland
HALIFAX - A Canadian rescue ship and aircraft are involved in the search for a Spanish fishing vessel that sank off Newfoundland with the loss of at least four crew members, while another 15 are missi...
Feb 15, 2022

Putin: Russia ready to discuss confidence-building measures
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow is ready for talks with the U.S. and NATO on limits for missile deployments and military transparency. Speaking after talks with...
Feb 15, 2022

Women's pursuit speedskating team gives Canada elusive second gold in Beijing
BEIJING - Canada's Olympians have made many trips to the podium at the Beijing Winter Games, but heading into Tuesday, only one of those included a stop on the top step. After an eight-day wait, Canad...
Feb 15, 2022

Ethiopia lifts state of emergency early, citing calming war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian lawmakers have voted to end the country's three-month state of emergency early as mediation efforts continue to end the deadly war in the north. Tuesday's vote by lawma...
Feb 15, 2022