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Truth before reconciliation and vaccine dealing: In The News for June 4
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 June 4. What we are watching in Canada ... Ste...
Jun 04, 2021
Does Canada need another pipeline, feds ask days after Biden cancels Keystone XL
OTTAWA - Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL. The query was posed in a briefing note fr...
Jun 04, 2021
Chief calls news conference as memorial grows near Kamloops, B.C., residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An update is expected from the chief of the Tk'emlups te Sewepemc First Nation, a week after the band announced the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at...
Jun 04, 2021
Mother still seeking answers a year after Chantel Moore killed by N.B. police
FREDERICTON - A year after Chantel Moore was fatally shot by a police officer in Edmundston, N.B., her mother's suffering remains, as do many unanswered questions. "The pain still hurts as much as it ...
Jun 04, 2021
'Have conversations:' Experts urge learning truth about residential schools
Stephanie Scott shed tears with her daughter and five-year-old grandchild when remains of what are believed to be more than 200 children were found on the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residentia...
Jun 04, 2021
Statistics Canada set to unveil May jobs numbers
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the job market fared in May as lockdowns to slow the pandemic continued to keep many businesses closed. The economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a spike ...
Jun 04, 2021
Canada looking to U.S. to help end Moderna delivery delays
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada is trying to negotiate a deal to start getting doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States instead of Europe. All 5.7 million doses...
Jun 04, 2021
Chief Justice Richard Wagner stresses need to boost Indigenous reconciliation efforts
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice says judges must be alert to the history and experience of Indigenous peoples, and should make the same commitment to those of other cultures and communities. In a rece...
Jun 04, 2021
From the Beatles to Elton John: Oldest DJ's storied career
HONG KONG (AP) - Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles a...
Jun 03, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, June 3, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. There are 1,387,445 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,387,445 confirmed cases (27,790 active...
Jun 03, 2021