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Cheer up Montreal, the cheerleaders are back; In The News for Feb. 11

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 Feb. 11 ... What...

Feb 11, 2020

B.C. mayor says forestry strike left some on brink of bankruptcy as deal reached

VICTORIA - A tentative agreement in a forest industry strike that kept 3,000 workers off the job since last July is being greeted with cautious optimism by a Vancouver Island mayor who says the d...

Feb 10, 2020

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr speaks in at child soldiers panel

HALIFAX - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr has made a rare public speaking appearance in Halifax. Khadr was part of a panel discussion Monday night on child soldiers hosted by the Romeo Dalla...

Feb 10, 2020

Renowned Canadian epidemiologist to lead coronavirus study team: WHO

OTTAWA - Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Bruce Aylward will be leading a team of World Health Organization experts in China to study the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Aylward arrived in Chi...

Feb 10, 2020

A Canadian evacuee describes life under quarantine at CFB Trenton

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - A Canadian evacuee from the Chinese epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak says life under quarantine at an Ontario military base can feel like "summer camp." Myriam Larouche ...

Feb 10, 2020

Alberta Appeal Court hears man convicted in three murders wants one overturned

CALGARY - An Alberta man who was found guilty of killing a father, the victim's two-year-old daughter and a senior wants one of his convictions thrown out. Derek Saretzky's lawyer argued in ...

Feb 10, 2020

A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline

VANCOUVER - Protests continue across the country as the RCMP enforce an injunction requiring opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline to clear the way for construction in northern British Columbia. H...

Feb 10, 2020

Ex-Hasidic couple take Quebec to court over religious school education

MONTREAL - A trial is underway that pits the Quebec Education Department against a former Hasidic Jewish couple who allege the government failed to ensure they received an adequate education. A lawyer...

Feb 10, 2020

China won't release 'two Michaels' because of coronavirus help: experts

OTTAWA - Experts say Ottawa shouldn't expect Beijing to do it any favours and free the "two Michaels" in return for medical co-operation fighting the new coronavirus. China's ambassador to Canada...

Feb 10, 2020

Liberals pull plug on 12-year-old plan to move elite Joint Task Force 2 unit

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is pulling the plug on a 12-year-old plan to move the military's elite Joint Task Force 2 from its base near the national capital. The decision ends more than a decade ...

Feb 10, 2020