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COVID vaccine announcement, Trudeau visits Winnipeg : In The News for Sept. 1

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 Sept. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Sep 01, 2022

Roman Baber: Quick facts about the Conservative leadership candidate

OTTAWA - Roman Baber, a lawyer and former Toronto-area member of provincial parliament, is running for federal Conservative party leader. He was ousted from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's caucus in early...

Sep 01, 2022

Rules need change to keep international students in Canada and fill labour gaps: RBC

OTTAWA - Researchers with RBC are calling for an urgent reset of Canada's immigration process to keep talented international students in the country to fill key labour shortages. The path from becomin...

Sep 01, 2022

Trial of alleged RCMP secret leaker delayed a year after he gets new lawyer

OTTAWA - The trial of an RCMP employee accused of breaching Canada's secrecy law has been delayed a year after a new defence lawyer took on his case. An eight-week judge and jury trial for Cameron Jay...

Sep 01, 2022

Anti-lockdown Conservative leadership candidate Roman Baber has always been an island

OTTAWA - About 30 people are gathered in a small, windowless conference room on the second floor of a hotel in an Ottawa suburb, awaiting the guest of honour, who is a few minutes late. There's no pod...

Sep 01, 2022

Prime minister to meet with Manitoba premier during daylong visit to Winnipeg

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit Winnipeg today and meet with Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson. Stefanson's Progressive Conservatives have been working with the federal...

Sep 01, 2022

Duclos to make vaccine announcement as Health Canada reviews Omicron booster

OTTAWA - Health officials are expected to make an announcement on the ongoing fight against COVID-19 today as provincial health systems eagerly await the approval of a vaccine that targets the Omicron...

Sep 01, 2022

'Sacred mission': Dozens of Chinese Canadian groups echo Beijing on Taiwan

VANCOUVER - When a group of Canadian parliamentarians recently announced plans to visit Taiwan, Beijing's response was swift, with its Ottawa embassy vowing "resolute and forceful measures" against an...

Sep 01, 2022

Quebec election: Liberal party says candidate's Montreal office robbed, vandalized

MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party says the riding office of one of its Montreal candidates has been robbed and vandalized. The party says the alleged attackers broke through the wall of a neighbouri...

Aug 31, 2022

Alberta to use $13.2B budget windfall to pay down debt, put cash in piggy bank

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the government is going to use this year's projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank. Jason Nixon says the plan ...

Aug 31, 2022