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Remembrance Day commemorations and Drake high on weed biz; In-The-News Nov. 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 Nov. 8. What we are watching in...
Nov 08, 2019
Attacker stabs 8 at popular Jordanian tourist site
AMMAN, Jordan - A young man from a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday stabbed eight people, including four foreign tourists and their tour guide, at a popular archaeological site in northern Jordan...
Nov 08, 2019
Erdogan: Turkey captured slain IS leader al-Baghdadi's wife
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement w...
Nov 08, 2019
Iran 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills at least 5, injures 300
TEHRAN, Iran - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least five people and injuring over 300 others, officials said. The temblor struck Tark county in Iran's Eas...
Nov 08, 2019
House Democrat Richard Neal talks new NAFTA with Liberals in Ottawa
OTTAWA - An influential American Democratic lawmaker affirmed his party's commitment to push the ratification of the new North American free trade deal during a visit Wednesday wit...
Nov 08, 2019
Black man thought he'd go blind after beating, police officer's trial hears
OSHAWA, Ont. - A young black man told an Ontario court Wednesday he was beaten so badly by a Toronto police officer and his brother that he could barely feel anything anymore and didn't realize h...
Nov 08, 2019
Screenwriters honoured with film academy's Nicholl award
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy's stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors that included Tyrese Gibson and Rosa Salazar. The A...
Nov 08, 2019
Liberal Tucson, Arizona, rejects push to be sanctuary city
TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona's second-largest city wanted to send a message after the state passed a law that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected of being in the count...
Nov 08, 2019
Greece: New bid to understand prehistoric engineering feat
ATHENS, Greece - New excavations at an unusual prehistoric fortress northwest of Athens could hold the key to understanding one of ancient Greece's most impressive engineering feats, which converted a...
Nov 08, 2019
Olympic champ's heartfelt speech marks end of an era at WADA
KATOWICE, Poland - The only reason Beckie Scott's going-away speech to the World Anti-Doping Agency wasn't her finest moment was because of all that led up to it. Bruised, berated and criticized by so...
Nov 08, 2019