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Change made to insurance for B.C. condo owners amid rising premiums
VICTORIA - Insurance companies in British Columbia have agreed to end a pricing practice that has been identified as one of the key factors in skyrocketing property insurance premiums for condominiums...
Dec 01, 2020
Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic
ROME - Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and media organizations that spread their conspira...
Dec 01, 2020
Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, giving him the authority of a special counsel...
Dec 01, 2020
Feds spending plan heads to confidence vote as provinces seek more health-care cash
OTTAWA - Canada's most populous province says the federal Liberal government missed an opportunity in its new spending plan to signal more help for health-care systems, setting up a potential showdown...
Dec 01, 2020
QMJHL weighing two scenarios at it plans for a return to play in January
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has a plan A and a plan B to resume its season in mid-January, and its commissioner said Tuesday that cancelling its schedule isn't an option. On Monda...
Dec 01, 2020
Preparations in motion for trial of murdered Nanaimo teen Makayla Chang
NANAIMO - A timeline for a murder trial against the man accused of killing a Nanaimo teenager is expected to become more clear in the new year.Dates for a preliminary inquiry are expected to be establ...
Dec 01, 2020
Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. His...
Dec 01, 2020
Ontario Human Rights Commission to look at anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse
The Ontario Human Rights Commission says it plans to address the issue of anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse. The commission announced on Tuesday that it will meet with Six Nations of the Grand River ...
Dec 01, 2020
Military identifies remains of Newfoundland soldier killed in Belgium in 1917
OTTAWA - The Canadian military says it has identified the remains of a young soldier from Newfoundland who died on a First World War battlefield in Belgium in 1917. The remains of Pte. John Lambert of...
Dec 01, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Probe finds arrest of Nunavut man knocked down by truck door was lawful
IQALUIT, Nunavut - An investigation by the Ottawa Police Service has determined that the arrest of a Nunavut man who appeared to have been knocked down by an RCMP truck door was lawful. A video posted...
Dec 01, 2020