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Pope visit moves to Quebec, Hockey Canada hearings continue : In The News for July 27

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 July 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jul 27, 2022

British High Commission to welcome military specialist on Russia's threat to Arctic

OTTAWA - Britain is sending a military expert on the threat posed by Russia and China in the Arctic to work in the British High Commission in Ottawa. In a sign of deepening co-operation between Canada...

Jul 27, 2022

Pope to depart Edmonton, travel to Quebec City for final days of reconciliation visit

EDMONTON - Pope Francis is set to leave Edmonton for Quebec City today, beginning the next stage of what he has described as his "penitential" journey in Canada. The pontiff is to visit with officials...

Thomas Doucet Jul 27, 2022

MPs to resume committee probe of Hockey Canada's sex assault settlement

OTTAWA - Hockey Canada's president is expected to appear before the House of Commons heritage committee today as hearings into how the governing body handled allegations of sexual assault continue. Ho...

Jul 27, 2022

Bilingualism in Parliament threatened by unaccredited, off-site hires: translators

OTTAWA - Parliament Hill translators are crying foul over a House of Commons move to stave off "massive" worker shortages by hiring unaccredited, off-site interpreters. The quality of bilingual interp...

Jul 27, 2022

Police release photos of gunman and seek witnesses to shootings in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have released photographs of a 28-year-old gunman, as they seek witnesses to Monday's shooting rampage in Langley, B.C., that left two victims dead and two wounded. The photos s...

Jul 26, 2022

CP NewsAlert: 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich to be released on bail, again

OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich has once again been ordered released from jail after the Ontario Superior Court found errors in the decision to revoke her bail two weeks ago. More comi...

Jul 26, 2022

Canadian peacekeepers safe, sheltering as deadly anti-UN protests rock the DRC

OTTAWA - The federal government says all Canadian peacekeepers are safe and accounted for following a second day of deadly anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Departm...

Jul 26, 2022

Quebec climber Richard Cartier dies while climbing K2, world's second highest peak

A Quebec mountaineer has died while climbing K2, the world's second highest mountain. Richard Cartier, an experienced climber in his 60s from St-Jrme, north of Montreal, died climbing the 8,611-metre ...

Jul 26, 2022

Canadian on-air weather personalities shifting tone amid worsening climate change

Some Canadian on-air weather personalities say they've had to shift their tone and approach in light of worsening climate change. CTV News' Vancouver Island weather anchor Warren Dean says he's change...

Jul 26, 2022