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Goodall backs senator's proposed law to protect captive animals, ban elephant ivory
OTTAWA - Sen. Murray Sinclair says he has teamed up with primatologist Jane Goodall to propose a law to protect captive animals and ban imports of elephant ivory and hunting trophies into Canada. Sinc...
Nov 17, 2020
COVID-19 crisis cascading in U.S. as presidential election drama recedes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just as America's political crisis begins to ease, the COVID-19 pandemic is back rattling the country's windows with a vengeance. New cases and hospitalization rates are setti...
Nov 17, 2020
Powerful winds, high tides raise flooding concerns as storm sweeps across B.C.
VANCOUVER - Much of coastal British Columbia is braced for a brief but powerful windstorm while snowfall and winter storm warnings stretch from the inland north coast all the way to the northeast corn...
Nov 17, 2020
Catriona Le May Doan Canada's chef de mission for 2022 Winter Olympics
CALGARY - Catriona Le May Doan will be Canada's chef de mission at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The two-time Olympic gold medallist in speedskating will lead the Canadian team in Beijing. Le May Doan was...
Nov 17, 2020
Navy could get converted Davie supply ships at fraction of price of building new: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says Ottawa could buy two converted civilian vessels as support ships for the Royal Canadian Navy at a fraction of the price of building new ones. The budget w...
Nov 17, 2020
Alek Minassian's father to continue testimony at van attack trial
TORONTO - The father of the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack will continue his testimony today. Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts ...
Nov 17, 2020
'Schools are safe:' Island Health MHO after five schools see COVID exposures
NANAIMO - Island Health wants students and parents to know schools haven't proven to be sources of COVID-19 transmission. Clusters of cases in three Nanaimo schools were confirmed in recent days, whil...
Nov 17, 2020
NATO chief warns of high price if troops leave Afghanistan
BRUSSELS - NATO could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, its chief warned Tuesday after a U.S. official said President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw a significant number of Am...
Nov 17, 2020
UK's Johnson allegedly brands powers for Scotland a disaster
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has inflamed Scottish discontent with his Conservative government by reportedly saying that giving governing powers to Scotland had been a "disaster." Bri...
Nov 17, 2020
COVID-19 milestone and Canadian duet: In The News for Nov. 17
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 Nov. 17 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 17, 2020