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Retreating glaciers are creating new salmon habitat, B.C. study shows
The retreat of glaciers in the Pacific mountains of British Columbia and Alaska could produce thousands of kilometres of potential new salmon habitat, a study led by researchers at Simon Fraser Univer...
Dec 07, 2021
Crop and farm cash receipts up in first three quarters of 2021
Total crop, livestock and direct payment receipts as a proportion of total farm cash receipts, January to September, 2011 to 2021Total crop, livestock and direct payment receipts as a proportion of to...
Dec 07, 2021
Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr., wins Tip O'Neill Award
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr., was named the winner of the Tip O'Neill Award on Tuesday as Canadian baseball player of the year. The award, presented by the Canadian Baseball Hall of...
Dec 07, 2021
Conservatives push for all-party committee to examine Canada's Afghanistan response
OTTAWA - Conservatives will push for a vote on a new all-party House of Commons committee to look back at Canada's plan for the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the response to the humanitarian ...
Dec 07, 2021
Attorney says Meadows won't cooperate with Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - In an abrupt reversal, an attorney for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said his client will not cooperate with a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insur...
Dec 07, 2021
Gunman opens fire in Moscow services center, kills 2 people
MOSCOW (AP) - A gunman opened fire in a Moscow government services center and killed two people Tuesday, reportedly after being told to put on a face mask, authorities and Russia media said. Four othe...
Dec 07, 2021
'This is beyond my expectations,' Champagne says of Canadian biomanufacturer rebound
OTTAWA - While Canada still has a way to go to rebuild its biomanufacturing sector, Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says it has rebounded beyond his initial expectations in the last sev...
Dec 07, 2021
Motorcycle explosion in southern Iraqi city kills at least 4
BASRA, Iraq (AP) - An explosion rocked the center of Iraq's southern city of Basra on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding four others, according to Iraqi security forces. The blast sent ...
Dec 07, 2021
Most Canadians support strong border measures amid new Omicron COVID-19 variant: poll
OTTAWA - Since the announced detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians bracing for the worst. More than four in five respondents to an online survey by Leger and the ...
Dec 07, 2021
Canadians pessimistic on Omicron, new Ont. COVID modelling : In The News for Dec. 7
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 Dec. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 07, 2021