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Canadian skateboarder Matt Berger awaits his sport's Olympic debut
Matt Berger's grandmother Renee gave him a big-box store skateboard when he was four years old. Berger didn't touch it for over a year, until he was inspired by an older skateboarding cousin to give i...
Oct 29, 2020
Trudeau to speak to EU leaders and a TikTok sensation: In The News for Oct. 29
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 Oct. 29, 2020 ... What we are watching in Cana...
Oct 29, 2020
Border officer says he didn't intend to share Meng's phone passcodes
VANCOUVER - A border officer who assisted in the three-hour detention and examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest at Vancouver's airport two years ago says collecting phone pass...
Oct 29, 2020
A Biden presidency could mean good news for Canadian environment policy: observers
OTTAWA - The day after Americans go to the polls to choose their next president, the United States will become the first and only country in the world to withdraw from the Paris climate change pact.Wh...
Oct 29, 2020
Trudeau, EU leaders meet ahead of U.S. election to reinforce support of world order
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is speaking with the European Union's two top political leaders today and they are expected to discuss their shared commitment to international co-operation and ...
Oct 29, 2020
India's coronavirus cases cross 8 million, behind US
NEW DELHI - India's confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week, as concerns grew over a major Hindu festival season and ...
Oct 29, 2020
Letters, texts, caravans, parades: Advocates mobilize voters
Sometimes her hand hurt, but Nancy Gehman kept writing. Every evening from July until mid-October, the 85-year-old retiree sat with a gel pen, writing notes imploring fellow Americans to find a way to...
Oct 28, 2020
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
BOSTON - Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, wh...
Oct 28, 2020
S. Korea's top court upholds 17-year jail term on ex-leader
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's top court upheld a 17-year sentence imposed on former President Lee Myung-bak for a range of corruption crimes in a final ruling Thursday that will send him b...
Oct 28, 2020
US official says UN has 'lack of curiosity' on Xinjiang
BEIJING - The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China's Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the U.S. envoy for women's issues said Thursday. C...
Oct 28, 2020