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Principal Joe Clark who inspired film 'Lean on Me' has died
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film "Lean o...
Dec 30, 2020
Yemeni official: Blast at Aden airport kills 16, wounds 60
SANAA, Yemen - A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At ...
Dec 30, 2020
Amid virus fears, China urges workers to skip holiday travel
BEIJING - China is encouraging tens of millions of migrant workers not to travel home during next February's Lunar New Year holiday to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, disrupting its most im...
Dec 30, 2020
Medical and public health experts make list of new additions to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - It was near the end of June that Dr. Vivek Goel decided to give up his job as vice-president research at the University of Toronto to make whatever contribution he could as a public health ph...
Dec 30, 2020
EU officials formally sign post-Brexit trade deal with UK
BRUSSELS - The European Union's top officials on Wednesday formally signed the long fought-over post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and E...
Dec 30, 2020
More COVID-19 vaccines and feeling grateful in a pandemic: In The News for Dec. 30
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 Dec. 30 ...What we are watching in Canada ...S...
Dec 30, 2020
Poll suggests pandemic made some Canadians more grateful for what they have
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has made some Canadians feel more grateful for what they have.The poll from Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies found respondents cited th...
Dec 30, 2020
Quebec leaders forced to confront systemic racism in 2020
MONTREAL - It was a former CFL player and community activist who helped push the concept of systemic racism to the forefront in Quebec politics this year, after forcing the city of Montreal to confron...
Dec 30, 2020
Premier Blaine Higgs looking to use pandemic to 'reinvent' New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Blaine Higgs says 2020 taught him a lot about the importance of perseverance. The New Brunswick Premier says his province held the line this year against COVID-19, guarding Atlantic Cana...
Dec 30, 2020
UK approves use of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage
LONDON - Britain on Wednesday authorized emergency use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the "vaccine f...
Dec 30, 2020