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Border reopening to foreign nationals, campaign stays central: In The News for Sept 7

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 Sept. 7, 2021 ... What we are watching in Cana...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 7, 2021

Party leaders in Central Canada as election campaign enters fourth week

OTTAWA - The main federal party leaders are in Central Canada as the election campaign enters its fourth week. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau starts the day on home turf, making an announcement in Mont...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 7, 2021

Twenty years after 9/11, the U.S. finds itself on the other side of the looking-glass

WASHINGTON - Fiery explosions, the innocent falling from the sky, presidential vows of vengeance: America's 20-year war on terror seemed to end much the way it began. The searing parallels that booken...

Sep 7, 2021

Feds ease travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals

WASHINGTON - The federal government has added fully vaccinated foreign nationals to the ranks of travellers who are once again welcome on Canadian soil. As of midnight Monday night, quarantine require...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 7, 2021

Father suspected in nearly week-long disappearance of son faces weapons charge

MONTREAL - A 36-year-old Quebec man who became the subject of a provincewide manhunt after his three-year-old son went missing is now facing a weapons-related charge in the case. Audrey Roy Cloutier, ...

Sep 6, 2021

Two dead, one injured in Sask. First Nation shooting as police search for suspect

MELFORT, Sask. - Two people are dead, one more is in hospital and a manhunt is underway after a shooting on a Saskatchewan First Nation. RCMP with the detachment in Melfort, Sask., issued an emergency...

Sep 6, 2021

Parties' leaders pledge to support workers with more benefits

OTTAWA - The three main federal party leaders marked Labour Day with promises of better working conditions and more benefits for Canadian workers, along with additional supports for businesses. Libera...

Sep 6, 2021

Quebec introduces pilot project for free youth protection mediation service

MONTREAL - A new pilot project in Quebec is encouraging parents to seek mediation and solutions outside legal procedures for the better good of children. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, Junior ...

Sep 6, 2021

9/11 terrorist attacks, ensuing war propelled Canada's military into 21st century

OTTAWA - Andrew Leslie clearly remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The 43-year-old brigadier-general charged with ensuring the army's ability to talk in battle and disrupt enemy communications wa...

Sep 6, 2021

Forest company, RCMP, old-growth defenders due in court this month for four hearings

VICTORIA - The ongoing battle over old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island is heading back to court where a forest company will seek to extend an injunction order and the RCMP and protesters w...

Sep 6, 2021