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Chicken, eggs both go first as feds roll out COVID-19 food surplus program
OTTAWA - More than one million dozen eggs will be redistributed via an emergency federal program designed to help farmers faced with too much food and nowhere to sell it. The $50-million surplus food ...
Aug 13, 2020

Bob Woodward's new Trump book, 'Rage,' due out next month
WASHINGTON - Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about President Donald Trump is titled "Rage" and will be released Sept. 15, less than two months before Election Day, according t...
Aug 13, 2020

Gun buyback plan and Sarah Cooper gets Netflix special: In The News for Aug. 13
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 Aug. 13. What we are watching in Canada ... Bl...
Aug 13, 2020

Quebec farms facing lost profits and rotting harvests due to migrant worker shortage
MONTREAL - Nineteen-year-old Florence Lachapelle was among hundreds of Quebecers who tried their hand at planting seeds and harvesting produce this summer, replacing migrant workers who were unable to...
Aug 13, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 13
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 13, 2020: There are 120,844 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,813 confirmed (including 5,709 deaths, 53,270 resolved...
Aug 13, 2020

Lives Lost: Woman who performed Shakespeare on the street
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - She had all the makings of a rising star, someone who wrote, directed and acted in her own plays in her 20s and attended one of the country's top drama schools around the same time ...
Aug 13, 2020

Bo Horvat scores twice as Canucks beat St. Louis 5-2 in NHL playoff opener
EDMONTON - Vancouver captain Bo Horvat twice as the Canucks defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues 5-2 Wednesday in their first-round opener. J.T. Miller, Elias Pet...
Aug 13, 2020

US says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., a U.S....
Aug 12, 2020

Marlins finally get to go home after beating Blue Jays 14-11
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Magneuris Sierra hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Miami Marlins overcame Toronto's seven home runs to outlast the Blue Jays 14-11 Wednesday night in the final game of t...
Aug 12, 2020

Ball python that went missing in Victoria found hiding under vehicle
VICTORIA - Police say a large snake that went missing somewhere in a Victoria-area neighbourhood was found hiding under a vehicle. Victoria police issued a statement saying the nearly 1.4-metre-l...
Aug 12, 2020