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Euro economy shrank at end of 2020 under pandemic's weight
The European economy shrank by a smaller than expected 0.7% in the last three months of 2020 as businesses in France and Germany weathered a renewed round of anti-COVID-19 lockdowns somewhat better th...
Feb 02, 2021
Pakistan orders man acquitted in Pearl murder off death row
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off death row and moved to a so-called go...
Feb 02, 2021
Groundhog Day moves online across Canada as precaution against COVID-19
Groundhog Day will be observed online across Canada today in the interest of public safety during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Ontario's Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam will make th...
Feb 02, 2021
Development in wildlife corridor in mountain town of Canmore, Alta., back for debate
A decades-old debate over development in an important wildlife corridor in an Alberta mountain community is to be back before council next week. Plans for two projects, which make up about 80 per cent...
Feb 02, 2021
National Defence grappling with new delay in $60B warship project
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says the first of 15 new warships being built for the Royal Canadian Navy will be delivered years later than expected as officials working on the $60-billio...
Feb 02, 2021
Poll finds overwhelming support for new travel restrictions
OTTAWA - The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restrictions on international travel imposed by the federal government, a new poll suggests. Eighty-six per cent of respondents agree with stric...
Feb 02, 2021
Authenticity of stone carving at Royal B.C. Museum questioned
VICTORIA - The chief of a First Nation says he has the assurance of the Royal B.C. Museum that steps will be taken to determine how a carved stone pillar was deemed an Indigenous artifact perhaps dati...
Feb 02, 2021
Canada on verge of deal to make COVID-19 vaccines at home
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today is expected to announce the makings of an agreement to produce COVID-19 vaccines within Canada. Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne tells The Can...
Feb 02, 2021
LGBTQ businesses, hit hard by COVID-19, look for shifts in federal programs
OTTAWA - It had been a while since Alana Fiks had been able to open her shop in Winnipeg when she spoke about the impact of COVID-19. The co-owner of Black Market Provisions, which sells food and hous...
Feb 02, 2021
Support for new travel rules and Myanmar military in control: In The News for Feb. 2
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. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 02, 2021
