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Senior IOC member says he's not sure Tokyo Games will happen
TOKYO - A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he "can't be certain" the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of the surging pandemic in Japan an...
Jan 08, 2021
Canadian economy lost 63,000 jobs in December, first decline since April
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 63,000 jobs in December in the first monthly decline since April amid tightened public health restrictions to slow a resurgence in the pandemic.The...
Jan 08, 2021
UK regulators approve use of 3rd vaccine against coronavirus
LONDON - Britain has authorized a coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna, the third to be licensed for use in the country. The Department of Health said Friday that the vaccine meets the regulator's...
Jan 08, 2021
Indonesia's top Islamic body OKs China's Sinovac vaccine
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's highest Islamic body on Friday gave its religious approval to China's Sinovac vaccine, paving the way for its distribution in the world's most populous Muslim nation. ...
Jan 08, 2021
Honouring Flight PS752 victims and officer dies after riots: In The News for Jan. 8
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 Jan. 8 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Co...
Jan 08, 2021
Calls for Ribbon Skirt Day after Saskatchewan Indigenous student wearing one shamed
REGINA - Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world. The brightly patterned h...
Jan 08, 2021
Canadians continue to mark one year of downing of Flight PS752 in Iran
Commemorations continue today for the victims of a passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military one year ago today. They began Thursday with a livestream at 9:42 p.m. ET, the exact moment Flight PS...
Jan 08, 2021
Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, the first...
Jan 08, 2021
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorists" and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation'...
Jan 08, 2021
Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit
WASHINGTON - A steady stream of Trump administration officials are beating an early path to the exits as a protest against the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol this week even as others wrestling with ...
Jan 07, 2021