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Canada says no 5G Huawei and the Royal tour wraps: In The News for May 20, 2022

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 May 20, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canad...

May 20, 2022

Chief sees process of 'exhumation to memorialization' at Kamloops, B.C., graves site

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - After a year of grieving since the detection of 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, a new phase begins in the journey of the Tk'emlups te S...

May 20, 2022

Prince Charles and Camilla wrap Canadian tour but calls for reconciliation continue

A whirlwind visit by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has ended but the calls for meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples have not. The couple departed Canada Thursday night ...

May 20, 2022

B.C. First Nation to start new radar search near former Kamloops residential school

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. First Nation whose discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school sparked a national reckoning over Canada's treatment of Indigenous Peoples says ...

May 19, 2022

Timeline of Canada's decision to bar Huawei, ZTE from 5G networks

OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Thursday Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE will be prohibited from parts of Canada's telecommunications networks. Here are some key dates to...

May 19, 2022

'Horrifically, grisly scene': Remains of woman found near Winnipeg apartment block

WINNIPEG - Police say a "horrifically, grisly scene" near an apartment building where the partial remains of a woman were discovered this week has also taken investigators to a landfill. Const. Rob Ca...

May 19, 2022

Health minister pledges support for Ukraine as WHO confirms attacks on health care

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is pledging to rouse support from his international colleagues for Ukraine's besieged health system. Duclos penned a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart, Dr. ...

May 19, 2022

Canada to ban China's Huawei Technologies from 5G networks, sources say

OTTAWA - Senior government officials say the Liberals have decided to ban Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies from Canada's long-awaited blueprint for next-generation mobile networks. The development o...

May 19, 2022

RCMP seeking accommodations for officers testifying at N.S. mass shooting inquiry

HALIFAX - The RCMP say the commission of inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia would be violating its own rules if Mounties who have endured trauma were called to testify without some for...

May 19, 2022

Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in COVID first wave

MONTREAL - Quebec's coroner says there is plenty of blame to go around for the deaths of 47 residents of a private Montreal-area long-term care home during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cor...

May 19, 2022