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First ministers meeting and Hanukkah during a pandemic : In The News for Dec. 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Dec 10, 2020
Psychologist to continue testimony at Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - A psychologist retained by the prosecution is set to continue testifying in Toronto's van attack trial. Dr. Percy Wright has said Alek Minassian had anger issues and knew right from wrong. M...
Dec 10, 2020
Premiers' demands for long-term health funding increase takes back seat to pandemic
OTTAWA - A first ministers meeting today that was supposed to be devoted to long-term, federal health care funding seems destined to be hijacked by a more urgent priority: surviving the COVID-19 pande...
Dec 10, 2020
New effort aims to zero in on illicit dealings tied to online child exploitation
OTTAWA - Canada's anti-money laundering agency is flagging some telltale signs that a financial transaction could be linked to online child sexual exploitation. The federal Financial Transactions and ...
Dec 10, 2020
Books, physical rigour stoke hope for Kovrig as 'two Michaels' mark two jailed years
OTTAWA - In his darkest moments, Michael Kovrig draws strength from knowing that his fellow Canadians and people around the world are working to free him and Michael Spavor from their respective Chine...
Dec 10, 2020
Woman says she'd clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband
VANCOUVER - Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family memb...
Dec 10, 2020
Syrian refugees overcoming war memories brought back by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Five years after the first of them arrived in Canada, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have had to adapt to COVID-19 lockdowns that brought back the memories of war horrors and upset the ...
Dec 10, 2020
Airbnb, resilient in pandemic, goes forward with IPO
Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove to investors that it sees more growth ahead. The San Francisco-based home sharing company makes its long-aw...
Dec 09, 2020
Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities
MISSION, Kan. - Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once s...
Dec 09, 2020
UN chief warns `vaccine nationalism' is moving at full speed
TANZANIA, Tanzania - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that "vaccine nationalism" is moving "at full speed," leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculatio...
Dec 09, 2020