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The big chill and a royal visitor; In-The-News for Nov. 18

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 Nov. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...

Nov 18, 2019

Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his Nova Scotia family begins today

HALIFAX - An inquiry begins today in the case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghan war veteran who bought a rifle and killed his mother, wife and daughter before turning the weapon on himself in early 2...

Nov 18, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, king of Jordan to meet in Ottawa Monday

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets today with the king of Jordan. It is King Abdullah II's fifth visit to Canada in his twenty years on the throne of the Middle Eastern country. Th...

Nov 18, 2019

Toes, ashes of Sourtoe Cocktail founder headed for Dawson City saloon

WHITEHORSE - A ceramic urn in the shape of a human toe will soon hold the ashes of the founder of the legendary Sourtoe Cocktail, the whisky drink that comes with the touch of a pickled human big toe....

Nov 17, 2019

'Welcome home:' More than 2,000-year-old bison skull returned to Blackfoot

SIKSIKA, Alta. - A more than 2,000-year-old bison skull unearthed during utility work in downtown Banff, Alta., has been returned to a southern Alberta Indigenous community. "It's like a welcome ...

Nov 17, 2019

Teen with cancer whose viral video urged Canadians to vote has died, uncle tweets

WINNIPEG - A terminally ill cancer patient who recorded a video from her hospital bed that urged Canadians to vote has died, the teen's family says. Brent Williamson,&nbs...

Nov 17, 2019

Trudeau's cabinet choices have domino effect on House of Commons work

OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau settles on his choices for his new cabinet this week, he'll need to deny high-profile executive posts to some MPs in his government and ask them to take ...

Nov 17, 2019

Five things to watch for when Trudeau shuffles his cabinet this week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to unveil his new cabinet Wednesday, setting the stage for the opening of Parliament on Dec. 5. Here are five things to watch for: How many cabinet minist...

Nov 17, 2019

Charge dropped against Raptors fan who made vulgar comment about Ayesha Curry

TORONTO - A Toronto Raptors fan who made a vulgar comment on live television about Ayesha Curry, wife of NBA star Stephen Curry, has been ordered to stay away from both her and the reporter ...

Nov 17, 2019

One year on, most oil-and-gas bailout money has moved, federal government says

OTTAWA - Canada's $1.6-billion bailout for Alberta's battered oil industry is well underway, but with little transparency about who is getting the money and for what. Almost $1 billion of the pac...

Nov 17, 2019