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Chef de mission Josh Dueck relishes challenges 2022 Beijing Paralympics pose
Josh Dueck knows the role of chef de mission for Canada's Paralympic team during these unparalleled times comes with huge and unique challenges. It's a big reason why the three-time Paralympic medalli...
Dec 02, 2020
Massed Brazilian bank robbers attack another city, kill 1
RIO DE JANEIRO - A large gang of heavily armed bank robbers invaded the Brazilian city of Cameta just one day after a similar force struck another mid-sized city on the opposite side of the country, t...
Dec 02, 2020
Israeli lawmakers pass proposal to dissolve parliament
JERUSALEM - With support from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main coalition partner, Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday passed a preliminary proposal to dissolve the parliament in a major step toward...
Dec 02, 2020
People magazine reveals its '2020 People of the Year'
LOS ANGELES - People magazine has named George Clooney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez and Regina King as the "2020 People of the Year." The magazine revealed its list Wednesday morning as part of a ...
Dec 02, 2020
Expanding safe supply top of mind for B.C.'s new mental health and addictions minister
NANAIMO - The new minister of mental health and addictions has a lengthy list of goals to accomplish in the next four years. The minister and Nanaimo MLA Sheila Malcolmson told NanaimoNewsNOW her mand...
Dec 02, 2020
Rough ride to National Finals Rodeo for Canadians in pandemic season
Levi Simpson and his horse Stetson are about to trample the turf where the Los Angeles Dodgers hoisted the World Series trophy. Simpson, a team roper from Ponoka, Alta., admits it's unusual for the Na...
Dec 02, 2020
UN, Ethiopia sign deal for humanitarian access to Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya - The United Nations says it and Ethiopia's government have signed a deal to allow "unimpeded" humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region, at least the parts now under federal g...
Dec 02, 2020
Nunavut lockdown ending and U.K. to use COVID-19 vaccine: In The News for Dec. 2
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 02, 2020
Hindsight 2020: how archivists work to remember a year most would rather forget
OTTAWA - Canadians may wish to forget the year 2020 ever happened, but across the country, museums and archives are working furiously to ensure a full record of the COVID-19 pandemic is in place. "If ...
Dec 02, 2020
'I've been spared a lot,' van attack survivor says as she watches trial alone
TORONTO - Every day virtual court sits, Catherine Riddell wakes up, shakes off the aches, grabs her walker and hops in a cab down to the real courthouse where she steels herself for a long day peering...
Dec 02, 2020