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On heels of Jan. 6 clarion call, Biden in Georgia to make case for voting rights
WASHINGTON - Fresh from his Jan. 6 vow to defend democracy, President Joe Biden is in Georgia today to make his case for protecting voting rights in the United States. Democrats have been insisting fo...
Jan 11, 2022

Surge in cases prompts U.S. to issue travel advisory for Canada
Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will do all it can to help provinces and territories cope with the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as infections fuelled by the Omicron variant threaten to overwhelm he...
Jan 11, 2022

COVID cases surge, poll shows support for COVID restrictions: In The News for Jan. 11
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. 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 11, 2022

Slim majority support government lockdowns, restrictions in response to Omicron
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a slim majority of Canadians support the latest round of lockdowns and other government-imposed restrictions as the Omicron variant continue to fuel an explosion in new CO...
Jan 11, 2022

China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million
BEIJING (AP) - A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. It wasn't clear how lo...
Jan 10, 2022

European Parliament President David Sassoli dies at 65
WASHINGTON (AP) - European Parliament President David Sassoli has died at a hospital in Italy, his spokesman said in a tweet Tuesday. No details were offered in the tweet by spokesman Roberto Cuillo b...
Jan 10, 2022

Hawks get younger on deadline day
The Nipawin Hawks lineup will look different when the team finally returns to the ice on Saturday, Jan. 15.Since being placed under COVID-19 protocol and shutting down team activities due to the virus...
Jan 10, 2022

Quebec public health director resigns, cities erosion of public opinion over measures
MONTREAL - Quebec's director of public health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, has tendered his resignation. Premier Franois Legault accepted, with Arruda's departure confirmed to The Canadian Press by the premie...
Jan 10, 2022

Bob Falkenburg, tennis star who gave Brazil fast food, dies
Robert "Bob" Falkenburg, who saved three championship points en route to winning the 1948 Wimbledon men's singles final at age 22 and brought fast food to Brazil during his post-tennis entrepreneurial...
Jan 10, 2022

B.C. court rejects First Nations' petition, but finds fishing rights were violated
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected a petition from two First Nations that asked for an injunction to force the restoration of natural flows of the Nechako River, which has...
Jan 10, 2022