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Top health official in P.E.I. keeping an eye on COVID-19 surge in New Brunswick
HALIFAX - Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer says she's keeping a close watch on New Brunswick, where a recent surge in COVID-19 cases is straining that province's health-care system. Speaki...
Oct 05, 2021
Survivors' group outraged at new job for general who wrote reference for sex offender
OTTAWA - A group representing survivors of military sexual assault is expressing outrage after a senior officer who wrote a reference for a convicted sex offender was quietly reassigned to a new job -...
Oct 05, 2021
Elections Canada announces vote recount in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says there will be a recount in a Quebec riding where the Bloc Qubcois narrowly fought off the Conservatives. The judicial recount will start today in Trois-Rivires, where th...
Oct 05, 2021
Hoilett, Wotherspoon to miss Canada's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico
Canada will be without forward Junior Hoilett and midfielder David Wotherspoon for Thursday's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico. The two British-based players - Hoilett is with England's Re...
Oct 05, 2021
Canada to play Portugal, Belgium in rugby test matches in November
TORONTO - The Canadian men's rugby team will play Portugal and Belgium during the November test window. The tour will take the 21st-ranked Canadians to No. 19 Portugal on Nov. 6 and No. 27 Belgium on ...
Oct 05, 2021
New temporary display at military museum highlights efforts of veterans in post-war Canada
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There's a special new display at the Lethbridge Military Museum.The temporary exhibit, titled 'A Better World: Post-War Social Movements and the Canadian Veteran', will be available t...
Oct 05, 2021
Oil prices could hit US$100 per barrel this winter: experts
CALGARY - Experts say the price of crude oil could hit US$100 per barrel this winter.The return of travel and the easing of pandemic restrictions around the globe has sent demand for oil skyrocketing....
Oct 05, 2021
Caster Semenya working on memoir, 'Silence All the Noise'
NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is working on a book about her triumphs as a runner and her experiences as an intersex woman with naturally high testosterone levels, including her...
Oct 05, 2021
Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in "the physical modeling of Ea...
Oct 05, 2021
Erin O'Toole faces caucus, Echaquan findings addressed: In The News for Oct. 5, 2021
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 Oct. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 05, 2021