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National group launches legal action to increase abortion access in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — A national civil liberties group is launching a legal action against New Brunswick in order to increase abortion access in the province.

Jan 7, 2021 11:11 AM Read more >

Goodale rejects Iran's offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane

OTTAWA — Canada's special adviser on the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran's offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy.

Jan 7, 2021 11:01 AM Read more >

Canadian Armed Forces lay out COVID-19 vaccination plans for troops

OTTAWA — The Canadian military's surgeon general says the Canadian Armed Forces have received enough doses of the Moderna vaccine to immunize 1,200 members against COVID-19. Maj.-Gen.

Jan 7, 2021 10:54 AM Read more >

'Out of this mess:' A look at some of the lives lost in the downing of Flight PS752

Pedram Mousavi sat with the other passengers on Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 as it remained parked on the tarmac south of Iran's capital, Tehran, about an hour behind schedule in the pre-dawn darkness. It was Jan. 8, 2020.

Jan 7, 2021 8:36 AM Read more >

Discovery of two-million-year-old tools shows human adaptability: scientist

To the uninitiated, they look like chipped rocks. To Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, they look like two-million-year-old messages from the dawn of human technology.

Jan 7, 2021 4:00 AM Read more >

Leaders talk vaccine roll out and Washington's day of chaos: In The News for Jan. 7

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. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Jan 7, 2021 3:20 AM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. There are 626,799 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 626,799 confirmed cases (79,203 active, 531,227 resolved, 16,369 deaths).

Jan 7, 2021 3:00 AM Read more >

Congress resumes hours after throngs of Trump backers storm, invade Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — What was supposed to be a historic day in the U.S. capital lived up to that billing for all the wrong reasons Wednesday as an angry throng of Donald Trump supporters managed to overpower police and lay siege to Capitol Hill.

Jan 6, 2021 10:28 PM Read more >

Not getting nourishment in jail: Canadian fashion mogul seeks bail on U.S. charges

WINNIPEG — An eccentric Canadian fashion mogul who has applied for bail in Winnipeg while facing sex charges in the United States says he's not getting the nourishment he needs while behind bars.

Jan 6, 2021 7:28 PM Read more >

'Shock treatment': Quebec to impose 8 p.m. provincewide curfew until Feb. 8

MONTREAL — Quebecers need to be jolted into recognizing the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday, before announcing a provincewide 8 p.m. curfew for the next four weeks.

Jan 6, 2021 6:53 PM Read more >