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Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples' Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal hol...
Oct 08, 2021

Elections Canada confirms Bloc win over Tories in Trois-Rivières after recount
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois is being confirmed as the winner of the Quebec riding of Trois-Rivires after a judicial recount. Elections Canada says the Bloc beat the Conservatives by 83 votes, after vote...
Oct 08, 2021

New Brunswick coroner's jury says 2020 police killing of Rodney Levi was a homicide
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - A coroner's jury in New Brunswick examining the 2020 fatal police shooting of Rodney Levi has ruled his death a homicide. The 48-year-old man from the Metepenagiag First Nation was s...
Oct 08, 2021

Blast at Afghan mosque kills many, witnesses and Taliban say
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A powerful explosion in a mosque frequented by a religious minority group in northern Afghanistan on Friday has left several casualties, witnesses and the Taliban's spokesman...
Oct 08, 2021

Sept. job numbers and Rocky Mountain coal mining: In The News for Oct. 8
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. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 08, 2021

Jury to deliberate in Nunavut shooting inquest; Mountie also faces assault charge
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A jury in a coroner's inquest is to start deliberations today in a fatal shooting by a Nunavut RCMP officer who also faces an assault charge in another case. Cpl. Ian Crowe was c...
Oct 08, 2021

'I can't back down' on COVID-19 vaccine message, says threatened B.C. politician
VANCOUVER - Politicians accustomed to sparring in British Columbia's legislature have joined forces outside the house to push for higher vaccination rates in the north, but a longtime member of the Op...
Oct 08, 2021

Allowing Rocky Mountain coal lease transfers during debate sends wrong signal: group
EDMONTON - An environmental group says an exchange of coal exploration lease applications in Alberta's Rocky Mountains suggests mining companies expect to be able to go ahead with their plans despite ...
Oct 08, 2021

Statistics Canada to say how labour market fared in September after August bump
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how the country's labour market made out in September after the economy added jobs in August. The economy added 90,200 jobs in August to drop the unemp...
Oct 08, 2021

Kim Clijsters loses in three sets in first round at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Kim Clijsters hit another detour in her comeback to pro tennis, losing in three sets in her first-round match Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open. She was beaten 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 by K...
Oct 07, 2021