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Closing arguments in van trial and support for two Michaels: In The News for Dec. 18
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. 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 18, 2020

Champagne says he takes 'no lessons' from China on courting support for two Michaels
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is shooting back at China's criticism of Canada's efforts to build an international alliance to free Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor fro...
Dec 18, 2020

Prosecution to give closing arguments in Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - The prosecution will deliver its closing arguments today at the trial for the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack. Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-de...
Dec 18, 2020

Federal health minister asked to review Alberta's use of strychnine as wolf control
EDMONTON - Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to preserve caribou herds. Wo...
Dec 18, 2020

Iran builds at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday b...
Dec 17, 2020

Raiders lose QB Carr, fall in overtime to Chargers, Herbert
LAS VEGAS - Justin Herbert's brilliant rookie season keeps rolling along. Herbert scored on 1-yard plunge to give the Los Angeles Chargers a 30-27 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursd...
Dec 17, 2020

Raiders lose QB Carr, fall in overtime to Chargers, Herbert
LAS VEGAS - Justin Herbert scored on 1-yard plunge to give the Los Angeles Chargers a 30-27 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night. The Chargers (5-9) snapped a nine-game losing...
Dec 17, 2020

City adjusts holiday residential cart collection schedules
Cart collection schedules have been adjusted for residents with Friday cart collection to accommodate the Christmas Day and New Year's Day statutory holidays, which both fall on a Friday this year.Res...
Dec 17, 2020

Provincial help services available 24/7 over the holidays
The provincial government says essential services will be available at any time, day or night, during the holiday season to anyone who needs support."It's important Albertans know help is always avail...
Dec 17, 2020

Red Deer remains with 417 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta reported another 1,571 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.That's out of 19,852 tests for a positivity rate of 7.9 per cent.The number of active cases in the province has dipped to 19,865, a dec...
Dec 17, 2020