Six stories in the news today, Aug. 30

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press

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TRUDEAU ARRIVES IN BEIJING FOR OFFICIAL VISIT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Beijing for an official visit that will focus on strengthening Canada’s business ties with the world’s second-largest economy. Trudeau has called the weeklong trip an opportunity to do a bit of a “reset” of a relationship that he said was hot and cold under the previous Harper government.

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Nighttime construction on Hwy 3 in Lethbridge starts April 17

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SASHA launches #BuyABed fundraiser to support vulnerable Lethbridge residents

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$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1

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CANADA POST, CUPW AGREE TO NEW EXTENSION

Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have agreed to extend mediation by another 24 hours. Both sides said late Monday that they would continue to negotiate with the help of a special mediator into Tuesday. Canada Post has been bargaining with its employees for more than nine months, but both sides were far apart as of late last week on key issues including pension changes and pay scales.

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NEB CANCELS OPENING DAY OF ENERGY EAST HEARINGS

Protesters forced the cancellation on Monday of the first day of hearings in Montreal into TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline project with police making three arrests. The National Energy Board said it was also postponing today’s session because of what it called a “violent disruption.” The board said it would release details today on how it will proceed with the Montreal hearings.

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SECOND PROGRESS REPORT ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN MILITARY TO BE RELEASED

Chief of Defence Staff will release the second progress report addressing sexual misconduct in the Canadian military. When its first progress report was released in February in February, Gen. Jonathan Vance said the new sexual misconduct response centre fielded more than 100 complaints of sexual assault or harassment since it opened in September, resulting in eight investigations.

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IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACES LEGAL CHALLENGE

A Jamaican man gets a rare chance today to ask a Superior Court in Toronto to look at whether his ongoing immigration detention is justified. Alvin Brown, a 40-year-old who was a permanent resident of Canada since he was eight, has already spent five years behind bars. The government wants to deport him following a robbery conviction but Jamaica won’t issue him travel documents.

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TECH GIANT IBM JOINS FINTECH HUB AT MaRS

IBM will be joining the fintech hub at Toronto’s MaRS discovery district, becoming the first technology tenant in a space currently occupied by financial services companies. The technology giant will move into the hub in the coming weeks, joining the likes of CIBC, Manulife and payment processor Moneris.

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ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:

— Scotiabank will release its third-quarter results.

— Statistics Canada will release the industrial product and raw materials price indexes for July.

— Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne travels to Mexico to participate in the 2nd Climate Summit of the Americas.

— Trial continues in Winnipeg for Andrea Giesbrecht on charges of concealing the remains of six infants in a storage locker.

— A provincial byelection will be held in Nova Scotia’s Halifax Needham riding.

— The Fraser Institute will release a new essay comparing Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system to the alternatives.

The Canadian Press