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Drake's owl logo on Barcelona jersey for clásico at Madrid
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona's players will have the owl-shaped logo of Canadian rapper Drake on their jerseys at Real Madrid on Sunday in the first "clsico" of the season in the Spanish league. ...
Oct 14, 2022

Canadian star Alphonso Davies back training with Bayern Munich after blow to head
MUNICH - Canadian star Alphonso Davies, who had to be helped off the field last weekend after taking a boot to the head, was back training Friday with Bayern Munich. While Friday was officially a day ...
Oct 14, 2022

Putin: Call-up of Russian reservists to finish in 2 weeks
KYIV, UKRAINE (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks a partial mobilization of army reservists he ordered last month to bolster his country's troops in Ukraine will to be completed in ...
Oct 14, 2022

Police: Shooter, 15, kills 5 along North Carolina greenway
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The shooter who killed five people along a walking trail in North Carolina's capital city is a 15-year-old boy who has been hospitalized in critical condition, police said Friday....
Oct 14, 2022

Military eases vaccine mandate, presses ahead with discipline for unvaccinated troops
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre says the military will press ahead with plans to kick out dozens of unvaccinated troops despite changes to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Eyre unveiled the new va...
Oct 14, 2022

N. Korea fires more artillery into maritime buffer zones
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says it detected North Korea additionally firing possibly hundreds of artillery rounds into maritime buffer zones between the rivals, further raising a...
Oct 14, 2022

Emergencies Act testimony and EI premiums to go up in 2023: In The News for Oct.14
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 Oct.14 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 14, 2022

B.C. drought benefits some farmers, extending harvest and reducing rot
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is enduring a record-breaking dry spell, but farmer Amir Mann says the drought is far preferable to other recent weather extremes. "You can always apply more water, but it...
Oct 14, 2022

Cyberbully to be sentenced today in case involving B.C.'s Amanda Todd
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man convicted in the cyberbullying and extortion of a British Columbia teenager who died by suicide a decade ago is expected to learn his sentence today. The story of 15-year...
Oct 14, 2022

Business groups, city officials among first witnesses before Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - The inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act is expected to hear first-hand testimony about the impact February's "Freedom Convoy" protest had on the people and busine...
Oct 14, 2022