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Response to the coronavirus and a protest-for-hire; In The News for Jan. 23

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. 23 ... What we are wa...

Jan 25, 2020

Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes

CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes - long before ...

Jan 25, 2020

Meng Wanzhou case a 'test' of Canadian legal system: defence lawyer

VANCOUVER - An extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is a test of whether courts will reject foreign charges that run contrary to Canadian values, argues her lawyer. A British Columbi...

Jan 25, 2020

Survey finds support among Canadians for broader assisted-dying law

OTTAWA - As the federal government moves to revise the law on assisted dying, new survey results suggest most Canadians support medical help to end suffering even when a natural death is som...

Jan 25, 2020

Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay to announce Tory leadership bid today

STELLARTON, N.S. - Former federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay is to announce his candidacy today for the leadership of the federal Conservative party. MacKay, who served in a number of portfoli...

Jan 25, 2020

Professional Lego builder 'hasn't worn a tie for years' after giving up IT job

VANCOUVER - Many years ago when Ryan McNaught was an IT professional, he got an email from his manager who wanted to have a meeting about the number of meetings they were having. "I knew right then th...

Jan 25, 2020

RCMP in Manitoba, B.C. spent around $1.5M on massive manhunt after B.C. killings

WINNIPEG - The massive investigation and search last summer for two young men wanted for three killings cost the RCMP in Manitoba and British Columbia about $1.5 million. Cpl. Julie Courchaine said We...

Jan 24, 2020

Inuk elder honoured for helping the home front during Second World War

OTTAWA - For the war effort in the 1940s, Qapik Attagutsiak remembers the local Catholic priest urging her and her family to collect walrus and seal bones from their island near Igloolik, and even the...

Jan 24, 2020

Inuk elder honoured for helping the home front during Second World War

OTTAWA - Qapik Attagutsiak, a 99-year-old Inuk woman, will be the guest of honour at a ceremony Monday to recognize the little-known contribution by Inuit communities to help Canada and the Allie...

Jan 24, 2020

CBC making changes to four-host format of flagship news program 'The National'

TORONTO - The CBC is making changes to the four-host format of its flagship newscast "The National" in response to feedback from viewers. The public broadcaster said Wednesday that Adri...

Jan 24, 2020