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'Our goal is to empower': Onion Lake podcast bridges community through conversations
With a microphone and openmindedness, an Onion Lake Cree Nation-based podcast aims to "close the gap" and foster a sense of community involvement amongst Saskatchewan's First Nations and beyond."The o...
Jan 28, 2025

Demonstrators attack foreign embassies in Congo’s capital to protest rebels' advance in the east
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Dozens of demonstrators attacked several foreign embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and Belgium, on Tuesday to protest the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into a major...
Jan 28, 2025

Serbia's prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said Tuesday he is stepping down following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canop...
Jan 28, 2025

Serbia's prime minister resigns and appeals for calm as anti-corruption protests grow
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said Tuesday he is stepping down following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canop...
Jan 28, 2025

In the news today: Ford set to dissolve government for early election
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ford set to dissolve government for early election Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution...
Jan 28, 2025

Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say
For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation's Inte...
Jan 28, 2025

Inquiry report to suggest ways of bolstering election integrity
OTTAWA - Fresh recommendations are expected today from a commission of inquiry into foreign interference - including advice on when the public should be told of meddling during a federal election camp...
Jan 28, 2025

Quebec legislature returns for spring session amid Trump tariff threat
MONTREAL - The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity...
Jan 28, 2025

Why the Year of the Snake is constricting festive decoration sales in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - Cecilia Liang's Lunar New Year decoration stall has been an annual fixture in the Yaohan Centre in Richmond, B.C., for 25 years - but she knew some products would be a tough sell this...
Jan 28, 2025

Hitmen face sentencing for B.C. murder of former Air India suspect Malik
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - One of the admitted hitmen who killed former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik is set to be sentenced for his part in the murder today in a New Westminster, B.C.,...
Jan 28, 2025