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Pandemic hits Paralympic sport hard, Canadians get few chances to compete
Mollie Jepsen feels a pang knowing the world alpine ski championships are underway in Italy. The world para snow sports championship would have also started this week in Lillehammer, Norway. Jepsen, a...
Feb 11, 2021
Police search for fugitive jailed for two murders who escaped Quebec detention centre
SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. - Quebec provincial police are looking for a federal inmate serving a sentence for two murders who vanished from a minimum security facility north of Montreal Wednesday ...
Feb 11, 2021
Environmental law group to challenge Alberta oil inquiry in court
CALGARY - An environmental law charity is to ask a judge today to shut down Alberta's inquiry into the purported foreign funding of anti-oil campaigns. Ecojustice argues in its written submissions tha...
Feb 11, 2021
Mars mission inspires growing fan base back in China
BEIJING - Cui Tingting dyed her hair Mars red for the arrival of China's spacecraft at the planet known in Chinese as the Fire Star. "This is a great era for space, and the future of mankind lies in t...
Feb 11, 2021
Berlin festival announces this year's competition film slate
BERLIN - The Berlin International Film Festival on Thursday announced 15 films that are part of this year's competition and will compete for the top Golden and Silver Bear awards. The festival is taki...
Feb 11, 2021
US jobless claims fall slightly to 793,000 with layoffs high
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 793,000, evidence that job cuts remain high despite a substantial decline in new viral infections. Last we...
Feb 11, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Chief N.L. elections officer calls on authorities to delay vote
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's chief electoral officer is calling on authorities to postpone the vote in Saturday's provincial election. In a letter sent to party leaders today, Bruce ...
Feb 11, 2021
Mayor to advocate for regional approach to re-opening in letter to province
Grande Prairie City Council is hoping to get more information from the province on re-opening plans.At Monday's meeting, Council voted in favour of having Mayor Jackie Clayton write a letter to the pr...
Feb 11, 2021
School bus cancellations for Thursday, Feb.11
Peace Wapiti Public School Division says the 395 that serves Bezanson will not be operational for the morning run due to mechanical issues. The 361 and 405 that serves Whispering Ridge have been cance...
Feb 11, 2021
Sen. Duffy challenge and Saudi women’s rights activist freed: In The News for Feb. 11
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 Feb. 11 ...What we are watching in Canada ...T...
Feb 11, 2021