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Latest job numbers, Lich back at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 4

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. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Nov 4, 2022

Special tribunal among options to probe crimes linked to unmarked graves: official

OTTAWA - An independent official appointed to help communities investigate unmarked graves at former residential school sites says she is exploring the idea of whether a special tribunal should prosec...

Nov 4, 2022

Some Quebec colleges say Ottawa denies 80 to 90 per cent of study permits from Africa

MONTREAL - Some Quebec junior colleges say 80 to 90 per cent of the international students they've accepted from Africa are being refused study permits by the federal government, jeopardizing their ab...

Nov 4, 2022

'Political hot potato': residents of Hay River, N.W.T. urge dredging in key waterway

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Aaron Campbell and his brother were boating from Yellowknife to Hay River, N.W.T., earlier this fall when they got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow waters of Great Slave Lake near...

Nov 4, 2022

Dig at B.C. shopping mall reveals Indigenous artifacts, and evolution of archeology

Time changes everything - including the way archeology works. It's a point illustrated by the recent discovery of Indigenous artifacts at the site of a shopping mall renovation in Williams Lake in cen...

Nov 4, 2022

'Freedom Convoy' leader Tamara Lich to be cross-examined at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - Prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich is expected to continue her testimony today at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act. She is to face cro...

Nov 4, 2022

Ottawa police investigating allegations of officers leaking info to 'Freedom Convoy'

Ottawa's interim police chief confirmed Thursday his force is investigating allegations that officers leaked intelligence to organizers of last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protest. Keith Wilson, a lawye...

Nov 3, 2022

RCMP investigate so-called Chinese 'police' stations in Toronto area

The RCMP is investigating reports of criminal activity related to so-called foreign "police" stations in Canada after a human rights group reported China is operating more than 50 such venues overseas...

Nov 3, 2022

Fiscal Update 2022: Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest

Ottawa says it plans to make permanent the pandemic era removal of interest on student loans in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living ris...

Nov 3, 2022

Five things you need to know about the Liberals’ fall economic update

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals unveiled their fall economic update Thursday - a 92-page mini-budget setting out Canada's fiscal situation and outlining new policies to tackle cost-of-living woes. The w...

Nov 3, 2022