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6 Italian inmates die during protest over virus measures
ROME - Italian penitentiary police said Monday that six inmates protesting virus containment measures at a northern Italian lock-up have died after they broke into the infirmary and overdosed on metha...
Mar 09, 2020

'Exorcist' actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90
COPENHAGEN - Max von Sydow, the self-described "shy boy"-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he play...
Mar 09, 2020

CKPG nominated for two RTDNA awards
VANCOUVER - CKPG is up for two prestigious journalism awards. CKPG -TV has been nominated for a Radio Television Digital News Association award for best TV newscast for its news special Miracle on Thi...
Mar 09, 2020

Senior adviser: Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to run for Senate
HELENA, Mont. - Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will try to unseat first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines, a senior adviser said Monday, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to take control of the Sen...
Mar 09, 2020

Booker endorses Biden, says he'll 'restore honour' to office
WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has endorsed former Vice-President Joe Biden. Booker announced on Twitter early Monday that Biden will "restore hon...
Mar 09, 2020

Liberals poised to legislate a ban on conversion therapy
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to introduce a bill that would outlaw therapy intended to alter a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. Justice Minister David Lametti and...
Mar 09, 2020

Sudan's PM survives assassination attempt in capital
CAIRO - Sudan's prime minister survived an assassination attempt on Monday after a blast in the capital, Khartoum, Sudanese state media said. Abdalla Hamdok's family confined he was safe following the...
Mar 09, 2020

Liberals poised to legislate a ban on conversion therapy
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to introduce a bill that would outlaw therapy intended to alter a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. Justice Minister David Lametti and...
Mar 09, 2020

'Wonderful little bird': Alberta man retrieves his first plane 48 years later
CREMONA, Alta. - Richard Reid never forgot his first love. Growing up on a farm near Cremona, Alta., about 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary, he was obsessed with airplanes as a kid and became&n...
Mar 09, 2020

Awaiting the Grand Princess and a conversion therapy ban; In The News for Mar. 9
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 Mar. 9. What we are watching in Canada ... A c...
Mar 09, 2020