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Correctional authorities will change how federal offenders on day parole are managed in Quebec following recommendations in a report released Thursday into the murder of Marylene Levesque nearly one y...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:10 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 564 new cases of COVID-19 today, for a total of 62,976. There are 4,450 actives cases an...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a lower-court ruling that was a victory for a conservation officer who refused to euthanize two bear cubs.Bryce Casavant was dismissed from his job...

BALTIMORE - The president of a historically Black university in Maryland was so captivated by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman's poem during President Joe Biden's inauguration that he offered her a job --...

LONDON - Britain's Glastonbury music festival has fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic for the second year in a row. Organizers Michael Eavis and Emily Eavis said Thursday that "In spite of our e...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home construction jumped 5.8% in December to 1.67 million units, a 14-year high that topped the strongest annual showing from the country's builders in 15 years. The better-than-expe...

GENEVA - The United States will resume funding for the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe, President Joe Biden's top advise...

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 Jan. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Coal mining is already having an impact in Alberta's Rocky Mountains even as debate intensifies over the industry's presence in one of the province's most beloved landscapes. "They've been very active...

A director at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association believes provinces should set targets for vaccinating inmates in provincial jails - something half of jurisdictions have yet to do. The Correctio...