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Response to the coronavirus and a protest-for-hire; In The News for Jan. 23
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 Jan. 23 ... What we are wa...
Jan 25, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes - long before ...
Jan 25, 2020
Meng Wanzhou case a 'test' of Canadian legal system: defence lawyer
VANCOUVER - An extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is a test of whether courts will reject foreign charges that run contrary to Canadian values, argues her lawyer. A British Columbi...
Jan 25, 2020
Survey finds support among Canadians for broader assisted-dying law
OTTAWA - As the federal government moves to revise the law on assisted dying, new survey results suggest most Canadians support medical help to end suffering even when a natural death is som...
Jan 25, 2020
Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay to announce Tory leadership bid today
STELLARTON, N.S. - Former federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay is to announce his candidacy today for the leadership of the federal Conservative party. MacKay, who served in a number of portfoli...
Jan 25, 2020
Meng Wanzhou case a 'test' of Canadian legal system: defence lawyer
VANCOUVER - An extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is a test of whether courts will reject foreign charges that run contrary to Canadian values, argues her lawyer. A British Columbi...
Jan 25, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes - long before ...
Jan 25, 2020
9 parents separated from families return to children in US
LOS ANGELES - As his long-lost son walked toward him in an airport terminal, a sobbing David Xol stretched out his arms, fell to one knee and embraced the boy for about three minutes, crying into his ...
Jan 25, 2020
Professional Lego builder 'hasn't worn a tie for years' after giving up IT job
VANCOUVER - Many years ago when Ryan McNaught was an IT professional, he got an email from his manager who wanted to have a meeting about the number of meetings they were having. "I knew right then th...
Jan 25, 2020
Professional Lego builder 'hasn't worn a tie for years' after giving up IT job
VANCOUVER - Many years ago when Ryan McNaught was an IT professional, he got an email from his manager who wanted to have a meeting about the number of meetings they were having. "I knew right then th...
Jan 25, 2020
