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  • Heather Reisman marks Indigo comeback with new store following leadership turmoil

    October 26, 2023 - 4:22 PM

    TORONTO - Strolling between rows of books and a seemingly endless array of other wares at Indigo Books and Music Inc.’s newest store in Toronto’s The Well building on Thursday, Heather Reisman is in her element.

  • European Union executive: Make Ukraine a member candidate

    June 17, 2022 - 8:01 AM

    BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm on Friday recommended making Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, a morale booster and a first step on what is expected to be a long road for the war-torn country to join the 27-nation bloc.

  • Supermodels in tow, Rousteing celebrates 10 years at Balmain

    September 29, 2021 - 2:27 PM

    PARIS (AP) — Naomi Campbell and Carla Bruni returned to the Paris runway to feverish screams to help Olivier Rousteing celebrate his 10-year anniversary at the creative helm of Balmain.

  • European nations mixed in their response to virus spikes

    October 20, 2020 - 10:24 AM

    Countries across Europe are battling coronavirus infection spikes with new lockdowns, curfews, face mask orders and virus tracking smart phone apps.

  • Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

    June 26, 2020 - 9:04 AM

    NASHVILLE - The Nashville bookstore that opened and thrived while others were closing their doors is once again defying the odds, thanks, in part, to its famous novelist co-owner.

  • EU chief struggles to sell job winners to hostile lawmakers

    July 04, 2019 - 3:53 PM

    BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk appealed Thursday to hostile lawmakers to endorse a raft of nominees for some of the EU's most coveted jobs amid accusations that he and the bloc's leaders hand-picked the candidates in a series of shady backroom deals.

  • 4 charged in downing of Malaysian airliner over Ukraine

    June 19, 2019 - 12:53 PM

    NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands - International prosecutors announced murder charges Wednesday against four men — three of them Russians with military or intelligence backgrounds — in the missile attack that blew a Malaysia Airlines jet out of the sky over Ukraine five years ago, killing all 298 people aboard.

  • As Canada legalizes pot, other countries likely to follow

    October 18, 2018 - 7:57 AM

    SEATTLE - More than two dozen countries have relaxed their marijuana or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American nation of Uruguay was first to legalize marijuana in 2013. Canada became the second on Wednesday and its size and global standing likely will encourage others to follow. Here's a look at other nations that could be influenced by Canada's legalization:

  • Europe weather: UK army sent out; Dutch ice skate on canals

    March 02, 2018 - 8:18 AM

    LONDON - As unusually cold weather gripped Europe, Britain's military was sent out Friday to central and western England to get hospital employees to work and help police rescue people from snowbound vehicles.

  • Justin Trudeau to push middle class interests as he heads to Davos

    January 21, 2018 - 11:59 AM

    OTTAWA - After spending the past two weeks criss-crossing the country to speak with ordinary Canadians in town hall meetings, Justin Trudeau is heading to Switzerland where he'll rub elbows with the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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