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Trifecta for Fonzie: A speed record, red card and Bundesliga title
Canadian international Alphonso Davies keeps raising the bar. On Tuesday, the 19-year-old Bayern Munich fullback had a roller-coaster ride with more ups than downs. Davies set a Bundesliga speed ...
Jun 17, 2020
World 100-meter champ suspended for missing drug tests
Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion in the 100-meter dash, was suspended Wednesday by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing drug tests. The AIU updated its list of athletes on provisiona...
Jun 17, 2020
Conservative leadership debate and India-China clash; In The News for June 17
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 June 17 ... --- ...
Jun 17, 2020
Police shootings: New Brunswick premier to meet with First Nations chiefs
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs will likely face some tough questions today when he meets with First Nations leaders. The meeting follows the deaths of two Indigenous people were...
Jun 17, 2020
Historic, physically-distant vote at UN determines Canada's Security Council bid
OTTAWA - Today could be decision day for what could be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's biggest foreign policy gambit: Canada's bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council. The voti...
Jun 17, 2020
NDP support for spending bill assures no election in midst of pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a confidence vote today but there's little chance his minority Liberal government will fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau assure...
Jun 17, 2020
Conservative party leadership hopefuls face off for the first time tonight
OTTAWA - Four federal Conservative party leadership candidates face off against each other for the first time tonight in a race that's been repeatedly upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonight's debat...
Jun 17, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on June 17, 2020: There are 99,467 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,146 confirmed (includin...
Jun 17, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 17, 2020
Last survivor of 1958 disaster won't let COVID-19 stop him from honouring dead
VANCOUVER - A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958, as he plunged into the ocean when a support collapsed on a bridge being constructed between Vanc...
Jun 17, 2020