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Canucks centre Jason Dickinson not afraid to speak up for what he believes
Jason Dickinson isn't exactly sure where the feeling comes from. The Vancouver Canucks centre has a burning desire - a need, really - to stand up for what he believes. "I don't know," Dickinson said a...
Oct 08, 2021
Public health measures working, reason for optimism in fight against fourth wave: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer has shot a dose of optimism into the country's fight against the fourth wave of COVID-19. Dr. Theresa Tam says the efforts made to slow the spread where t...
Oct 08, 2021
Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples' Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal hol...
Oct 08, 2021
Elections Canada confirms Bloc win over Tories in Trois-Rivières after recount
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois is being confirmed as the winner of the Quebec riding of Trois-Rivires after a judicial recount. Elections Canada says the Bloc beat the Conservatives by 83 votes, after vote...
Oct 08, 2021
Canada adds 157,000 jobs in September, returning to pre-pandemic levels
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 157,000 jobs in September, bringing employment back to pre-pandemic levels for the first time. The unemployment rate fell to 6.9 per cent, down from 7...
Oct 08, 2021
New Brunswick coroner's jury says 2020 police killing of Rodney Levi was a homicide
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - A coroner's jury in New Brunswick examining the 2020 fatal police shooting of Rodney Levi has ruled his death a homicide. The 48-year-old man from the Metepenagiag First Nation was s...
Oct 08, 2021
Blast at Afghan mosque kills many, witnesses and Taliban say
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A powerful explosion in a mosque frequented by a religious minority group in northern Afghanistan on Friday has left several casualties, witnesses and the Taliban's spokesman...
Oct 08, 2021
Sept. job numbers and Rocky Mountain coal mining: In The News for Oct. 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 Oct. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 08, 2021
Jury to deliberate in Nunavut shooting inquest; Mountie also faces assault charge
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A jury in a coroner's inquest is to start deliberations today in a fatal shooting by a Nunavut RCMP officer who also faces an assault charge in another case. Cpl. Ian Crowe was c...
Oct 08, 2021
'I can't back down' on COVID-19 vaccine message, says threatened B.C. politician
VANCOUVER - Politicians accustomed to sparring in British Columbia's legislature have joined forces outside the house to push for higher vaccination rates in the north, but a longtime member of the Op...
Oct 08, 2021