Murray Wood: Requiem for a newsman
Murray Wood says there's a reason there'll never be another Lloyd Robertson in Canada, and it isn't just because of the ...
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Serial squirrel: Neighbors keep eye out for fierce rodent
NEW YORK - Residents of a Queens neighbourhood are dealing with a squirrely threat. Denizens of the New York City borough's Rego Park neighbourhood say an aggressive squirrel has jumped on them and bi...
Dec 31, 2020
Orthodox Jewish group says its Quebec schools aren't breaking law by staying open
MONTREAL - An ultra-Orthodox Jewish group says its schools aren't violating a Quebec government decree by staying open and it's accusing the education minister of using the Hasidic community as a scap...
Dec 31, 2020
Liberals say testing rules for air travellers land Jan.7, urge people to prepare
OTTAWA - Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight, the federal government said Thursday as the Liberals urged vacationers abroad to...
Dec 31, 2020
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for December 31
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (All times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. British Columbia's provincial health officer says people need to hold the line on measures to contain the spread of CO...
Dec 31, 2020
Calamity? Anomaly? 2020 was a box office year like no other
When the sun sets on the 2020 film box office, it'll be difficult to look at the numbers as anything but disastrous. After five consecutive years of North American revenues exceeding $11 billion, this...
Dec 31, 2020
Security firms say suspicious object on oil tanker off Iraq
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Sailors involved in transferring fuel oil from an Iraqi tanker in the Persian Gulf to another vessel owned by a shipping company traded in the U.S. discovered a "suspicio...
Dec 31, 2020
A 'very tough conversation' and a rockin' New Year’s Eve: In The News for Dec. 31
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 Dec. 31 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 31, 2020
Horgan says B.C. will focus on pandemic economic recovery, health reform in 2021
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says economic recovery and health-care changes are the British Columbia government's top priorities for 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic tested people individually and t...
Dec 31, 2020
'You have to know it's time to go': N.S. premier reflects on tragic year, retirement
HALIFAX - When Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil privately decided earlier this year he would retire after 17 years in politics, he had no idea of the challenges he was about to face. Like all Canadi...
Dec 31, 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed after bail revoked
Hong Kong's highest court on Thursday revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. Lai had been granted bail on Dec. 23 after t...
Dec 31, 2020
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