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Floats, horses and bands but no spectators as parade kicks off return of Stampede

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede is back and kicked off Friday morning with the usual array of floats, bands, horses and dignitaries. But the first parade since the COVID-19 pandemic was missing one mai...

Jul 9, 2021

Quebec Crown drops case against ex-construction tycoon, citing lack of resources

MONTREAL - The Crown has dropped its fraud case against a former construction tycoon in Quebec and four co-accused following a nine-year legal battle. Prosecutor Franois Blanchette told a Quebec court...

Jul 9, 2021

Transport minister halts trains near Lytton, B.C. as evacuees make temporary return

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is ordering most trains in the vicinity of Lytton, B.C., to halt as residents return temporarily to the wildfire-scorched community. Alghabra says the Canadia...

Jul 9, 2021

Canada's border agency expecting travel spike on first weekend of eased restrictions

WASHINGTON - Canada's border agents are bracing for a spike in would-be travellers trying to enter the country on the first full weekend since travel restrictions began to ease. The Canada Border Serv...

Jul 9, 2021

Shattering a glass ceiling and the Stampede returns: In The News for July 9

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 July 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Jul 9, 2021

Statistics Canada set to detail June jobs numbers

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how the job market fared in June after two months of job losses in April and May when companies shed staff during a third wave of lockdowns. The econom...

Jul 9, 2021

'We're ready to go': Calgary Stampede to kick off with enhanced safety measures

CALGARY - The rides are up, the stuffed animals are displayed at the games tables and concession booths are loaded with supplies. Forced by the pandemic to cancel last year for the first time in its h...

Sheldon Spackman Jul 9, 2021

First Nation calls on B.C. to respect, follow court ruling on industrial developments

VANCOUVER - The chief of a British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark court case over development in its territory called on the provincial government to recognize the rights set out in the rul...

Jul 8, 2021

Quebec urged to review police use of force on kids after video of violent arrest

MONTREAL - Opposition party Qubec solidaire and a Black community group in Montreal are calling on the provincial government to introduce a policy governing how police interact with young, racialized ...

Jul 8, 2021

Kahnawake members set up protest camp south of Montreal to stop housing project

MONTREAL - Members of the Montreal-area First Nations territory of Kahnawake are occupying a disputed parcel of land beside their community in order to stop a proposed housing project. The encampment,...

Jul 8, 2021