Jan 27 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — The chief of the Williams Lake First Nation says he would support excavating possible unmarked graves at the site of the former St. Joseph's Mission residential school if that's what elders and the community decide is best. But th...
Jan 27 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Toronto police say three people are facing fraud charges after they allegedly sold a home that wasn't theirs while the owners were out of the country. Police allege two men and a woman impersonated the homeowners of a Toronto property earlier this mont...
Jan 27 2023 — Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man who joined a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for using pepper spray to assault police officers, one of whom died a day after the siege. Julian Khate...
Jan 27 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,714.48, up 13.98): Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH). Energy. Up 17 cents, or 6.75 per cent, to $2.69 on 12.7 million shares. Barrick Gold C...
Jan 27 2023 — Trisha Ahmed, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — North Dakota landowners testified for and against a carbon capture company’s use of eminent domain Friday, as Summit Carbon Solutions moves forward in constructing a massive underground system of carbon dioxide pipelines spanning 2,000 miles across sev...
Jan 27 2023 — Darlene Superville — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk and a pair of top aides to President Joe Biden met in Washington on Friday to discuss the electric vehicle industry and the broader goal of electrification. Musk and Biden did not meet, White House p...
Jan 27 2023 — Amancai Biraben, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s congressional delegation wrote letters to President Joe Biden in support of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations’ requests for a major disaster declaration following winter storms that left six people dead. ...
Jan 27 2023 — Michael Goldberg, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The interim manager appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to reform the troubled water system in Mississippi's capital city released a new financial plan Friday to change the way Jackson bills for water and spend hundreds of...
Jan 27 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Montreal's Samuel-De Champlain Bridge should have a suicide-prevention barrier installed, after a 38-year-old man jumped to his death from the structure last May, a Quebec coroner has recommended. The existing barrier along the bridge's pedestrian pat...
Jan 27 2023 — Adriana Gomez Licon, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — MIAMI (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he takes “full responsibility” after classified documents were found at his Indiana home. In his first public comments since the discovery, Pence said he hadn't been aware tha...
Jan 27 2023 — Joshua Goodman And Jim Mustian, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration last year quietly ousted its former top official in Mexico over improper contact with lawyers for narcotraffickers, an embarrassing end to a brief tenure marked by deteriorating cooperation between ...
Jan 27 2023 — Bu Steve Peoples, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel won her bid Friday to lead the GOP for two more years, prevailing in an election that highlighted fierce internal divisions that threaten to plague the party into the next presidential season. ...
Jan 27 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Canadian police chiefs are speaking out on the death of a Black man who was beaten by police during a traffic stop in the United States. The condemnation of the actions that led to Tyre Nichols' death comes hours before authorities in Memphi...
Jan 27 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Canadian police chiefs condemned on Friday the beating death of a Black man by police during a traffic stop in the United States, saying the officers involved must be held accountable. The condemnation of the actions that led to Tyre Nichols' death cam...
Jan 27 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on his Liberal caucus to meet the moment on Friday, as Canadians deal with the high cost of living, a struggling health-care system and the effects of climate change. In a 12-minute speech to MPs, Trudeau ...