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Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65
JERUSALEM - Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks after being infected by the coronavir...
Nov 10, 2020
Pandemic survey and Giller Prize winner: In The News for Nov. 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 Nov. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 10, 2020
Seventy years on, Canadian veterans keep memories of 'forgotten' Korean War alive
Seventy years after Canada committed troops to a conflict the public still knows little about, the country's dwindling ranks of Korean War veterans continue to speak out about their experiences in the...
Nov 10, 2020
Fewer people plan to attend virtual or in-person Remembrance Day ceremonies: poll
Fewer people plan to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies or wear poppies this year, according to a poll from Historica Canada that also suggests knowledge of Canadian military history is dwindli...
Nov 10, 2020
'Cultural genocide:' Nunavut passes changes to education, language protection acts
IQALUIT - A bill passed in the Nunavut legislature that will shape how Inuit languages are taught in school for years to come is being called a form of cultural genocide. The territory's original Educ...
Nov 10, 2020
Murder trial for Alek Minassian, man accused in Toronto van attack, to get underway
TORONTO - The trial for the man who killed 10 people and hurt 16 others after driving a van down a Toronto sidewalk is set to get underway today. Alek Minassian, 28, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces 10 c...
Nov 10, 2020
Two-thirds of Canadians would support a COVID-19 curfew if pandemic severe: Poll
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians say they would support a curfew if the COVID-19 pandemic became serious enough, according to a new poll.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian S...
Nov 10, 2020
Group cites 'unconscionable delay' by RCMP in court bid for watchdog report
OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is heading to court to force the release of a long-delayed watchdog report on its complaint about alleged RCMP surveillance of anti-oil protesters. The British Columbi...
Nov 10, 2020
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
PARIS - In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 p...
Nov 10, 2020
Poor road conditions force Hwy-3 traffic detour Monday afternoon
COALDALE, AB. - RCMP were called out to jackknifed semi-trailer unit around 4:30 Monday afternoon. The semi was blocking both lanes of Highway 3, about three kilometres west of Lethbridge. The semi wa...
Nov 09, 2020