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Supreme Court of Canada to examine solitary confinement in federal prisons
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will revisit provincial court rulings that declared federal provisions on the solitary confinement of prisoners to be unconstitutional - a...
Feb 15, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau has responded to the shutdown of all tran...
Feb 15, 2020

Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, partly blames coronavirus
OTTAWA - Canada's economy slowed "sharply" in the final quarter of 2019, the parliamentary budget office said Thursday in its February economic and fiscal report. And the new coronavirus outbreak...
Feb 15, 2020

Desmond inquiry judge says Veterans Affairs did not share key information
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - The judge overseeing an inquiry into a triple-murder and suicide carried out by an Afghanistan war veteran says Lionel Desmond faced a large gap in treatment for a s...
Feb 15, 2020

UK Treasury chief quits as Johnson shakes up Cabinet
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tightened his grip on the government Thursday with a Cabinet shake-up that triggered the unexpected resignation of his Treasury chief, the second-most pow...
Feb 15, 2020

Canadian research officials return from Geneva with plan to tackle coronavirus
OTTAWA - Canada will aim $6.5 million at research on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus, after co-ordinating with researchers around the world on tackling the outbreak. Representatives of&nb...
Feb 15, 2020

Japan reports 1st death from virus, 44 more cases on ship
TOKYO - Japan announced Thursday its first death from a new virus from China, hours after confirming 44 more cases on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo as fears of the spreading disease mount in th...
Feb 15, 2020

Iranian minister to appear at Canadian hosted meeting of Tehran crash victims
MUNICH - Iran's foreign minister is to make a brief appearance today at a meeting hosted in Germany by Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne with counterparts from countries that l...
Feb 15, 2020

Sudan seeks to end terror designation in USS Cole settlement
CAIRO - Sudan's transitional government said Thursday it has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, a key step in having the U.S. remove Sudan f...
Feb 15, 2020

Number of new coronavirus cases spike in China; In The News for Feb. 13
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 Feb. 13 ... What...
Feb 15, 2020