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EDINBURGH, Scotland - Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theatre and comedy the world has to offer. All that's mi...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2020: There are 126,417 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,945 confirmed (including 5,747 deaths, 54,...

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign minister pushed for Lebanon's president to pursue economic and political reforms as he expressed Canadian solidarity with the embattled Lebanese people. Foreign Affairs Minis...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, were mostly peaceful following the arrest of a 17-year-old police admirer accused of killing two people and wo...

MONTREAL - Thousands of Quebec schoolchildren are heading back to class today, putting the provincial government's controversial back-to-school plan to the test. As Montreal's French-language sch...

WASHINGTON - Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other...

Athletes who have played in diversity-themed games that celebrate pride and inclusion use homophobic language less often than players who have not, accordi...

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 Aug. 27 ... What...

EDMONTON - Albertans are to get a look at the province's biggest deficit in history when the government releases its financial update today. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been warning that the...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's political party leaders are scattered across the province today for campaign announcements. Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs will be ...