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Convoy intelligence documents, Catholic class action: In The News for Aug. 17

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 Wednesday, August 17, 2022. What we are watch...

Aug 17, 2022

UNESCO team in Alberta to judge if Wood Buffalo Park should go on endangered list

EDMONTON - A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park,...

Aug 17, 2022

N.W.T. child-care providers 'trying to be optimistic' about $10-a-day deal

YELLOWKNIFE - Early learning and child-care providers in the Northwest Territories say they are hopeful more support is coming following a rocky initial rollout of federal funding in the territory. Th...

Aug 17, 2022

Statistics Canada to release 2021 census data on languages today

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will publish its latest census release on languages this morning. The release, which reflects data from 2017 to 2021, will shed light on the state of English, French and non...

Aug 17, 2022

Intelligence report flagged possible 'violent revenge' after Ottawa protest shutdown

OTTAWA - Newly disclosed documents show federal intelligence officials warned decision-makers that the police dispersal of "Freedom Convoy" protesters in Ottawa last winter could prompt an "opportunis...

Aug 17, 2022

Wolf on the loose after escaping from Greater Vancouver Zoo: province

LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says wolves have escaped their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo and one is still missing. The ministry says the zoo requested support from...

Aug 16, 2022

Why is ArriveCan still mandatory, and what is Ottawa's plan for the contentious app?

OTTAWA - The glitch-prone app touted as an efficient border tool early in the pandemic has become a punching bag for critics who question its utility - but ArriveCan may be here to stay. The governmen...

Aug 16, 2022

Quebec junior college students have 'reduced ability to study' post-COVID: union head

MONTREAL - The head of a union representing Quebec junior college teachers says the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have negatively impacted students' basic study skills. Youri Blanchet of the Fdration d...

Aug 16, 2022

B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Lisa Lapointe says t...

Aug 16, 2022

Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit

MONTREAL - Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is being accused of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. In court documents introduced today in Superior C...

Aug 16, 2022