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Canadian Alphonso Davies back training with Bayern after ankle issue
MUNICH - Canadian international Alphonso Davies returned to training Thursday, one day after leaving practice early with what Bayern Munich called "slight ankle problems." Bayern, which currently...
Feb 13, 2020

DA deciding whether to investigate James Brown's death
ATLANTA - A prosecutor in Atlanta will decide whether to open a formal investigation after meeting with a woman who says she has evidence legendary singer James Brown's death was caused by another per...
Feb 13, 2020

US brings new charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has added new criminal charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei and two of its U.S. subsidiaries, accusing the company in a plot to steal trade secrets from compet...
Feb 13, 2020

Attorney general says Oklahoma to resume executions
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma plans to resume executing death-row inmates, five years after lethal injections were put on hold following a series of death-chamber mishaps, state officials announced Thursda...
Feb 13, 2020

Hospitals threatened to not see troops after military cut reimbursement rates
OTTAWA - Senior defence officials were warned that a fight with provinces and hospitals over soldiers' medical costs, including threats not to treat military personnel, could mean "negative ...
Feb 13, 2020

Inquiry learns about gap in care for former soldier Lionel Desmond
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A nurse who assessed Lionel Desmond two months before the mentally ill veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 says his symptoms of post-traumatic stress ...
Feb 13, 2020

Pipeline protests impact B.C. legislature and Canada's rail network
Protests in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a major pipeline project flared across Canada for a fifth day on Tuesday, disrupting British Columbia's legislature and forcing the cance...
Feb 13, 2020

CN says parts of network will close if blockades remain, Via cancels service
MONTREAL - Canada's rail system was under stress Tuesday as Via Rail cancelled passenger service on key routes and Canadian National Railway Co. warned it will be forced to close "signi...
Feb 13, 2020

Family struggling to make sense of four-year-old girl's sudden death
An Ontario family says it is struggling to make sense of the sudden death of their four-year-old daughter, whose body was found alongside her father's at the bottom of an esca...
Feb 13, 2020

Canada, U.S. have lost military edge over Russia in the Arctic: Norad commander
OTTAWA - The commander of North America's aging early-warning system says the United States and Canada have lost their military advantage in the Arctic to Russia. U.S. Gen. Terrence O'Shaugh...
Feb 13, 2020