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Golden arches and a sick singer; In-The-News is a little squirrely for Sept. 27

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. 27. What we are watching ...

Sep 27, 2019

Canada's top 1% saw fastest income acceleration, overall decrease in taxes

OTTAWA - The incomes of Canada's top one per cent grew at a faster pace than everyone else in 2017 - and, overall, they saw their taxes edge down, a new st...

Sep 27, 2019

Scheer, Trudeau spar over climate pledges, as May offers cost breakdown

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau fought Wednesday for the high ground on who was best suited to fight the ravages of climate change, a battle that exposed the wide valley in their approaches....

Sep 27, 2019

Calgary man convicted in five-year-old grandson's death to be sentenced

CALGARY - A Calgary man convicted of killing his young grandson is to learn his sentence today. Allan Perdomo Lopez was found guilty of manslaughter last month in the 2015 death of...

Sep 27, 2019

RCMP to release report today on B.C. homicides that sparked massive manhunt

SURREY, B.C. - The investigative findings from the homicides of three people in British Columbia are being released today by the RCMP, more than seven weeks after the bodies of two teen...

Sep 27, 2019

Security-clearance backlogs bedevilled RCMP as employee allegedly leaked secrets

OTTAWA - An internal RCMP audit shows the Mounties were struggling to keep staff security clearances up to date during the time a senior employee allegedly tried to pass secrets to...

Sep 27, 2019

Canadian youth take calls from drastic climate action to the streets today

OTTAWA - Thousands of Canadians are expected to hit the streets today demanding "widespread, systemic change" to halt the scary impact of a warming planet. From St. John's to Tofino, B.C., and as...

Sep 27, 2019

B.C. father guilty of second-degree murder in slaying of two daughters

VANCOUVER - A jury has found a father guilty of killing his two young daughters in his apartment in a Victoria suburb on Christmas Day in 2017. Andrew Berry hung his head as the verdict was announced ...

Sep 26, 2019

'I accomplished my mission,' accused in Yonge Street van attack told police

TORONTO - Hours after driving a rented van down a busy Toronto sidewalk killing 10 people and injuring 16 others, Alek Minassian described himself to police as a&nbs...

Sep 26, 2019

Hormone help: Calgary Zoo hopes unusual step will result in healthy baby giraffe

CALGARY - Staff at the Calgary Zoo have adopted an extraordinary measure in an effort to ensure a pregnant giraffe becomes a mother for the first time. Emara, a Masai giraffe, is expecting for th...

Sep 26, 2019