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Honouring Flight PS752 victims and officer dies after riots: In The News for Jan. 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 Jan. 8 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Co...

Jan 08, 2021

Calls for Ribbon Skirt Day after Saskatchewan Indigenous student wearing one shamed

REGINA - Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world. The brightly patterned h...

Jan 08, 2021

Canadians continue to mark one year of downing of Flight PS752 in Iran

Commemorations continue today for the victims of a passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military one year ago today. They began Thursday with a livestream at 9:42 p.m. ET, the exact moment Flight PS...

Jan 08, 2021

'That's the plane': How the federal government reacted to the downing of Flight PS752

OTTAWA - Shortly before 10 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2020, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne peeked at his mobile phone during a particularly intense teleconference. A BBC report of a plane c...

Jan 08, 2021

'Justice delayed is justice denied:' Canadians mark one year of Flight PS752 downing

EDMONTON - A series of commemorative events stretching over two days has begun to mark the one-year anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752. At 9:42 pm EST - the exact moment the Ukrainian Internat...

Jan 07, 2021

COVID-19 restrictions extended to Feb. 5 in B.C. to 'hold the line'

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions that were set to expire Friday have been extended to Feb. 5. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the extension while reporting eight more dea...

Jan 07, 2021

Woman walking in Nanaimo, B.C., is showered with cash: RCMP

NANAIMO, B.C. - The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C., was surprised when cash began falling from the sky around her. Police say in a news release the woman was walking on a street ...

Jan 07, 2021

RCMP declines firm's offer of free, state-of-art sonar to find N.S. boat, fishermen

HALIFAX - A Canadian firm says the RCMP are declining the free use of its state-of-the-art sonar to search for a fishing boat that sank off Nova Scotia last month, with six crew lost. The RCMP announc...

Jan 07, 2021

At least two senators left country amid COVID-19 pandemic, six not saying

OTTAWA - Don Plett is facing calls for his resignation as Conservative leader in the Senate after choosing to travel to Mexico over the holidays. But Plett is not the only senator who travelled abroad...

Jan 07, 2021

Manhunt fallout: Premier calls on the RCMP to improve emergency alert protocols

HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia says the RCMP must change how they alert the public to dangerous incidents following the high-profile arrest of a gunman who remained at large for 19 hours. Stephe...

Jan 07, 2021