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Trudeau urges Canadians to keep others safe this Christmas: In The News for Dec. 24
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. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 24, 2020
'Very hopeful:' Planning underway for modified Calgary Stampede in 2021
CALGARY - A world-famous annual rodeo that survived the Great Depression, two world wars and a devastating flood seven years ago was felled by a microscopic virus this year and will have a different l...
Dec 24, 2020
'Grave risk:' Advocates say inmates should get speedy access to COVID-19 vaccine
Advocates say inmates should have speedy access to the COVID-19 vaccine, given how susceptible prisons and jails have been to outbreaks and how prevalent chronic disease is in that population. "I don'...
Dec 24, 2020
'Very hopeful:' Planning underway for modified Calgary Stampede in 2021
CALGARY - A world-famous annual rodeo that survived the Great Depression, two world wars and a devastating flood seven years ago was felled by a microscopic virus this year and will have a different l...
Dec 24, 2020
Senior snowbirds congregate in B.C. when wings clipped by COVID-19 border closures
VANCOUVER - On a small island in British Columbia's Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with the United States was shut because of the COVID-19 p...
Dec 24, 2020
Senior snowbirds congregate in B.C. when wings clipped by COVID-19 border closures
VANCOUVER - On a small island in British Columbia's Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with the United States was shut because of the COVID-19 p...
Dec 24, 2020
After tough year, N.S. care homes find hope in vaccine, look for meaningful reform
HALIFAX - After almost a year of leading Atlantic Canada's largest non-profit care home through the COVID-19 crisis, Janet Simm sees "elements of hope" in 2021. "Vaccinations are the light at the end ...
Dec 24, 2020
China steps up pressure on Alibaba with anti-monopoly probe
BEIJING - Chinese regulators on Thursday announced an anti-monopoly investigation of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, stepping up the ruling Communist Party's efforts to control fast-growing tech indus...
Dec 23, 2020
Raptors lose first opener in eight years in 113-99 loss to Pelicans
TAMPA, Fla. - It was a Toronto Raptors' home opener unlike any other, played a couple thousand kilometres from home, in front of a tiny bipartisan crowd, on a day that saw the league postpone a game -...
Dec 23, 2020
Three inmates test positive for COVID-19 at federal prison in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says three inmates at Fraser Valley Institution recently tested positive for COVID-19, though it does not say when they were tested or whether the...
Dec 23, 2020