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Prince Harry: 'Powerful media' is why he's stepping away
LONDON - Prince Harry took aim at the journalists who have dissected his life since the day he was born as he expressed regret for the way he has had to step down from royal duties. In a personal spee...
Jan 20, 2020
IMF: Low rates and reduced trade tension to aid world growth
WASHINGTON - Low interest rates and reduced trade tensions will likely buoy the global economy over the next two years and help nurture steady if modest growth. That's the view of the International Mo...
Jan 20, 2020
Trudeau to meet potential bridge-builder Pallister during cabinet retreat
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet today with the least hostile of conservative Prairie premiers, Manitoba's Brian Pallister. The tete-a-tete comes on the second day of a three-da...
Jan 20, 2020
Canada's Shapovalov upset by Fucsovics in first round of Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Denis Shapovalov lost a lengthy four-set match with Hungary's Marton Fucsovics on Monday in the opening round of the Australian Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, On...
Jan 20, 2020
McGill principal defends decision not to divest after prof's resignation
MONTREAL - The principal of McGill university is defending the institution's commitment to reducing carbon emissions after a professor resigned over its refusal to divest from the fossil fue...
Jan 20, 2020
Extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou begins today in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A court hearing begins today in Vancouver over the American request to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei on fraud charges. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou in 2018&...
Jan 20, 2020
Trudeau, ministers head to Winnipeg for cabinet retreat, western outreach
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reviving his practice of holding periodic cabinet retreats outside the nation's capital - an exercise in regional outreach that his office maintains is w...
Jan 20, 2020
Trudeau meets Pallister and the Meng hearing; In The News for Jan. 20
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. 20. What we are watching in Canada ... WI...
Jan 20, 2020
Growing natural-disaster response risks dulling Army's fighting edge: Commander
OTTAWA - Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre is warning that calling the military out to more and more natural disasters could hurt the army's ability to train for war. The past few years...
Jan 20, 2020
Happy families: Osaka, Williams win openers in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia - Naomi Osaka won the tournament opening match for her dad at the Australian Open. Serena Williams won hers for her daughter. The first two matches on centre court at the Australi...
Jan 19, 2020