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Catriona Le May Doan Canada's chef de mission for 2022 Winter Olympics
CALGARY - Catriona Le May Doan will be Canada's chef de mission at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The two-time Olympic gold medallist in speedskating will lead the Canadian team in Beijing. Le May Doan was...
Nov 17, 2020

Navy could get converted Davie supply ships at fraction of price of building new: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says Ottawa could buy two converted civilian vessels as support ships for the Royal Canadian Navy at a fraction of the price of building new ones. The budget w...
Nov 17, 2020

Alek Minassian's father to continue testimony at van attack trial
TORONTO - The father of the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack will continue his testimony today. Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts ...
Nov 17, 2020

NATO chief warns of high price if troops leave Afghanistan
BRUSSELS - NATO could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, its chief warned Tuesday after a U.S. official said President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw a significant number of Am...
Nov 17, 2020

UK's Johnson allegedly brands powers for Scotland a disaster
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has inflamed Scottish discontent with his Conservative government by reportedly saying that giving governing powers to Scotland had been a "disaster." Bri...
Nov 17, 2020

COVID-19 milestone and Canadian duet: In The News for Nov. 17
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 Nov. 17 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 17, 2020

Jurors in New Brunswick mass murder trial to receive instructions today from judge
FREDERICTON - Justice Larry Landry is expected to give instructions to jurors today before they begin deliberations in the Matthew Raymond murder trial. The Crown and defence completed their closing a...
Nov 17, 2020

Ex-Mountie expected to face questions from ex-minister's lawyer at public inquiry
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing former British Columbia cabinet minister Kash Heed is scheduled to cross-examine a retired RCMP officer today at a public inquiry into money laundering. Heed was gran...
Nov 17, 2020

Growing number of Canadians plan to get vaccinated for COVID-19
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the proportion of Canadians planning to get vaccinated for COVID-19 is on the rise after encouraging initial results from Pfizer's vaccine trial. Sixty-nine per cent of re...
Nov 17, 2020

Flu season in Canada 'exceptionally low' so far, public health says
OTTAWA - At this point during last year's flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza.So far this year, there have been just 17."Influenza is way behind the eight ball here...
Nov 17, 2020