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Mistaken identity: Porn charge dropped against Nova Scotia doctor after police mix-up
HALIFAX - The governing body for Nova Scotia doctors says police wrongly accused a physician of possessing child pornography last month in a case of mistaken identity. The College of Physicians and Su...
Jan 26, 2021
Opposition urges Liberal government to push back against Biden's Buy American plan
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The Opposition Conservatives are urging the federal government to push back on President Joe Biden's protectionist Buy American plan. B.C. MP Tracy Gray, the party's internation...
Jan 26, 2021
Canada's vaccine deliveries further threatened as Europe mulls export controls
OTTAWA - Canada's anxiety-laden COVID-19 vaccine programs are facing further threats as Europe warns drug makers it might impose export controls on European-made vaccine doses.All of Canada's current ...
Jan 26, 2021
Cougar euthanized in B.C. after severely mauling a man north of Vancouver
WHISTLER, B.C. - A cougar has attacked and severely mauled a man in British Columbia.A statement from the Environment Ministry, which oversees the Conservation Officer Service, says the 69-year-old vi...
Jan 26, 2021
Nanaimo fentanyl and heroin trafficker faces federal prison sentence
NANAIMO - Police keeping watch on a downtown apartment unit culminated in a sizable drug bust with a street value of about $6,000.A joint sentencing recommendation of two years in a federal penitentia...
Jan 26, 2021
Indonesia's confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 1 million
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began crossed 1 million on Tuesday and hospitals in some hard-hit areas were near capacity. Indonesia's Health Mini...
Jan 26, 2021
Coal contamination data, and the Netherlands rocked by riots: In The News for Jan. 26
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. 26 ...What we are watching in Canada ...A...
Jan 26, 2021
Trudeau government considers legislative changes to make public service more diverse
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are eyeing changes to the law governing public service hiring to help make federal departments and agencies more diverse. They also plan to do further research on the mak...
Jan 26, 2021
Five big lessons experts say Canada should learn from COVID-19
OTTAWA - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Canadian Press interviewed a group of leading Canadian experts in disease control and epidemiology and asked them what should be done to reduce the harm...
Jan 26, 2021
Provinces sitting on millions in unspent federal pandemic spending, report says
OTTAWA - A new report on billions of dollars the federal government has sent to provinces to help safely reopen the economy suggests much of the money is sitting unused.Today's report also suggests th...
Jan 26, 2021