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Recovery efforts continue in B.C., October inflation rate : 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, 2021

Nunavut assembly to choose premier, cabinet in secret ballot vote

IQALUIT - Newly elected members of Nunavut's legislative assembly are to choose today who will lead the territory's next government. They will use secret ballots to select a premier, a Speaker and nin...

Nov 17, 2021

Statistics Canada to detail October inflation rate as pace of price growth rises

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to release October's inflation rate today, in the shadow of economic warnings that the pace of price growth is likely to accelerate. The annual inflation rate i...

Nov 17, 2021

Flooding in B.C. 'testing the resilience' of dairy farmers, says association

Farmers in southern British Columbia are coming together to save livestock as parts of the Fraser Valley remain under water from devastating flooding, says a member of the association that represents ...

Nov 17, 2021

Canada, South Asian bloc to begin free-trade talks in effort to diversify from China

OTTAWA - Canada is launching free-trade talks with a major group of southeast Asian countries as it seeks to diversify from China and find new ways of coping with a snarled global supply chain. Intern...

Nov 16, 2021

O'Toole boots senator who challenged his leadership out of Conservative caucus.

OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole kicked Sen. Denise Batters out of the Conservative caucus Tuesday - one day after she challenged his leadership. "As the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I will not to...

Nov 16, 2021

Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court

WASHINGTON - Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. scored a key victory in the Line 5 dispute Tuesday as a judge in Michigan rejected the state attorney general's bid to get the dispute over the cross-border pi...

Nov 16, 2021

Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court

WASHINGTON - A judge in Michigan has rejected the state attorney general's effort to get the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline kicked out of federal court. U.S. Circuit Court Judge Janet N...

Nov 16, 2021

Veterans Affairs' case managers near 'breaking point,' union warns

OTTAWA - The head of the union representing Veterans Affairs Canada case managers is warning her members are near their "breaking point" thanks to an excessive amount of work and lack of support from ...

Nov 16, 2021

Montreal mayor calls for federal action on gun violence after teen's shooting

MONTREAL - The "cowardly" shooting of a 16-year-old boy Sunday in Montreal is renewing calls for the government to do more about gun violence as authorities work to solve his murder. Thomas Trudel, 16...

Nov 16, 2021