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Twenty years on, Americans gather in lower Manhattan to remember Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK - The anguished recitation of the names of the dead rang out Saturday from the footprints of the World Trade Center as family members, dignitaries and ordinary Americans gathered to mark the ...

Sep 11, 2021

Hurricane Larry wipes out power, trees across St. John's; people urged to stay home

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's is asking residents to stay home out of it - as the Newfoundland and Labrador saying goes - so crews can clean up the torn branches, downed power lines and sc...

Sep 11, 2021

Chinese-controlled company fights Ottawa's order to divest assets on security grounds

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has directed a state-owned Chinese telecommunications firm to divest its stake in a Canadian subsidiary over national security concerns, prompting a court challenge of ...

Sep 11, 2021

Main party leaders chase votes in Ont. and B.C. today

The three main federal party leaders will hit the campaign trail hard today with just nine days left before the Sept. 20 election. Voters can actually start casting ballots in advance polls this weeke...

Sep 11, 2021

Quebec coroner outraged by delay in getting nurses to hard-hit Résidence Herron

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says she is appalled by the amount of time it took to get nurses to a suburban Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pande...

Sep 10, 2021

'We focused on remembering our dad': the grief and growth of a family ravaged by 9/11

Garrett Doyle was only one when his father was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, but the loss would have a profound effect on his life. In elementary school, teachers...

Sep 10, 2021

Immunocompromised should receive 3rd COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: immunization panel

OTTAWA - A national advisory panel recommends people who are immunocompromised receive a third vaccine dose against COVID-19. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization released the advice today ...

Sep 10, 2021

Federal leaders back on the hustings after back-to-back debates

OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are back on the campaign trail after locking horns in two back-to-back leaders' debates, while Canadians started voting in advance polls. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was ea...

Sep 10, 2021

Hurricane Larry headed for eastern Newfoundland where gusts could reach 140 km/h

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As hurricane Larry churns its way toward eastern Newfoundland, residents of the Avalon Peninsula are being warned to brace for hurricane-force winds gusting at 140 kilometres per ho...

Sep 10, 2021

The English debate and a Canadian star lights up New York: In The News for Sept. 10

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. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 10, 2021