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Freeland asks provinces to use more rapid tests, says millions more tests are coming

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pleaded with provinces to use the COVID-19 rapid tests they've already been sent as she promised Ottawa will spend another $1.7 billion to buy millions more of them in the next few months.

Dec 14, 2021 5:20 PM Read more >

Highlights from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic statement

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released a fall economic statement today that outlined a better-than-expected economic rebound, but also billions more in spending, including on the response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Dec 14, 2021 4:02 PM Read more >

Marineland Canada says site for planned whale refuge in Nova Scotia is too polluted

HALIFAX — A plan in Nova Scotia to build North America's first coastal refuge for whales formerly kept in marine parks has come under fire from Marineland Canada. The marine park in Niagara Falls, Ont.

Dec 14, 2021 4:01 PM Read more >

Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces, says academic freedom committee

MONTREAL — Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces and post-secondary institutions should not be imposing the use of so-called trigger warnings, according to a report released Tuesday by a committee on academic freedom.

Dec 14, 2021 3:23 PM Read more >

Military preparing to act quickly on Arbour's plan to fight sex misconduct: minister

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is preparing the military to act quickly on retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour’s recommendations for eliminating sexual misconduct from the ranks, which could come as early as the spring.

Dec 14, 2021 3:11 PM Read more >

NDP leader would back federal intervention in court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21

OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh says he would support federal intervention in a court challenge to a Quebec law known as Bill 21, which bans teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job.

Dec 14, 2021 1:37 PM Read more >

Police ask for help to identify suspect in Sherman murders

Toronto police have released a video of a suspect in the murders of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman, hoping to get the public's help in identifying the individual. Det. Sgt.

Dec 14, 2021 1:34 PM Read more >

Discovery of unmarked graves selected as Canada's news story of the year: CP poll

VICTORIA — The discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the B.C. Interior and the countrywide awakening it set off have been chosen as Canada’s news story of the year by editors in newsrooms across the country.

Dec 14, 2021 9:02 AM Read more >

Fiscal update, Ontario to welcome foreign entrepreneurs : In The News for Dec. 14

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 Dec. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Dec 14, 2021 3:15 AM Read more >

Indigenous people far more likely to die from opioid overdose: experts

VANCOUVER — Stacity Bailie had been awaiting approval to enter a drug rehabilitation program when she died of an overdose on Oct. 22.

Dec 14, 2021 3:00 AM Read more >