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Quebec premier announces vaccine passport system after rise in COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the government will impose a vaccine passport system following a recent rise in COVID-19 infections. Legault said today that Health Minister Christian Du...
Aug 05, 2021

Canada, U.S. business leaders urge Congress to demand to see northern border plan
WASHINGTON - A group of U.S. and Canadian business leaders is pushing Congress for a plan to ease restrictions at the land border with Canada. The group, led by the North American Strategy for Competi...
Aug 05, 2021

Ottawa announces $6 billion transfer to Quebec aimed at strengthening child care
MONTREAL - The Canadian government is giving Quebec about $6 billion over five years, a significant portion of which will go to the province's child-care network. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made th...
Aug 05, 2021

Top court turns down family's request to seal material found in van attacker's home
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a request to keep some information barred from public view in the Toronto van attack case. Family members of Alek Minassian, who killed 10 people whe...
Aug 05, 2021

Three-medal day for Canada as Damian Warner wins decathlon gold, sets Olympic record
TOKYO - Seemingly poised for victory from the very beginning of the decathlon, Canadian Damian Warner cruised to a record-setting gold-medal victory - one of three medals for Canada at the Tokyo Olymp...
Aug 05, 2021

Police investigate slaying of man, 32, gunned down in home on Montreal's south shore
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Police are investigating another fatal shooting with possible links to organized crime in the Montreal area. Longueuil, Que., police say a man was shot at least one time inside his r...
Aug 05, 2021

Iran swears in new hard-line president amid regional tension
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The protg of Iran's supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country's new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-line...
Aug 05, 2021

Canada's Lauriane Genest wins bronze medal in women's track cycling keirin event
IZU, Japan - Canada's Lauriane Genest won a bronze medal in the women's keirin track cycling event. It's the first medal for the 23-year-old from Levis, Que., and Canada's first in the velodrome at th...
Aug 05, 2021

Decathlon medal in sight for Warner, senior benefits cut off : In The News for Aug. 5
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 Aug. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Aug 05, 2021

Tokyo logs record 5,042 cases as infections surge amid Games
TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo reported 5,042 new daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, hitting a record since the pandemic began as the infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics. The additiona...
Aug 05, 2021