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Trudeau says it is time world admits there is too much systemic violence
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the world needs to do more to prevent repeating the horrors of history. Trudeau is visiting Goree Island in Senegal this morning. The island ...
Feb 12, 2020

Cineplex approves sale of nearly all shares to U.K.-based Cineworld
TORONTO, ON - Cineworld has moved one step closer to acquiring Canada's largest chain of movie theatres.It was first reported in December 2019 that the British company was looking to buy Cineplex Inc....
Feb 12, 2020 Galaxy cinema in Lethbridge. (Supplied by Cineplex)

Second Canadian plane bringing Wuhan evacuees home: foreign minister
A second Canadian plane has left the quarantined region of Hubei, China, bearing more Canadians who have asked to return from the centre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the federal govern...
Feb 12, 2020

Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis declined Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Cath...
Feb 12, 2020

A new shipboard Cdn coronavirus case and pipeline protests; In The News for Feb. 10
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. 10. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Feb 12, 2020

Backlog of applications for veterans' benefits grows by the thousands
OTTAWA - More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts to get the situation under control. New...
Feb 12, 2020

A note on a dropped piano and a curtain call; In The News for Feb. 12
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. 12 ... What...
Feb 12, 2020

Trudeau cabinet ministers get special hacker hotline to report suspected breaches
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers now have their own special hotline to report suspected hacking incidents. Officials at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security set up the rou...
Feb 12, 2020

German politics upended as Merkel's heir apparent quits
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's heir apparent shook up German politics Monday by declaring she would step down as the governing party's leader and not run for chancellor, fueling uncertainty in th...
Feb 12, 2020

UPDATED: Officials confirm RCMP officer-involved shooting in Blairmore Tuesday
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - UPDATE: RCMP have confirmed that one person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Blairmore.According to an RCMP release, at around 5:00 p.m. on February 11, two Blair...
Feb 12, 2020 RCMP patch. (Lethbridge News Now)