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As small business sentiment drops, Liberals pressed to give benefits extra life
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of small businesses countrywide says its members are increasingly sour on their financial prospects, underlined by uncertainty over the fate of federal pandemic...
Oct 05, 2021

Canada to play Portugal, Belgium in rugby test matches in November
TORONTO - The Canadian men's rugby team will play Portugal and Belgium during the November test window. The tour will take the 21st-ranked Canadians to No. 19 Portugal on Nov. 6 and No. 27 Belgium on ...
Oct 05, 2021

Caster Semenya working on memoir, 'Silence All the Noise'
NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is working on a book about her triumphs as a runner and her experiences as an intersex woman with naturally high testosterone levels, including her...
Oct 05, 2021

Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in "the physical modeling of Ea...
Oct 05, 2021

Erin O'Toole faces caucus, Echaquan findings addressed: In The News for Oct. 5, 2021
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. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 05, 2021

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
PARIS (AP) - A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in France's first major r...
Oct 05, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole faces first caucus meeting after election loss
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will face his caucus today for the first time since his party's disappointing election defeat two weeks ago. The 119 Conservative MPs are set to gather in per...
Oct 05, 2021

Election agency says powerless after Quebec City municipal party calls Islam 'cancer'
QUEBEC - A fringe Quebec City municipal party's platform describes Islam as a "cancer," and the province's elections commission says it doesn't have the power to do anything about it. Quebec will hold...
Oct 05, 2021

Quebec coroner to address systemic racism findings in the death of Joyce Echaquan
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A coroner who issued a report last week into the death of Joyce Echaquan that urged Quebec to recognize systemic racism and root it out of institutions will address her findings ...
Oct 05, 2021

Herbert, Ekeler propel Chargers to 28-14 win over Raiders
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Justin Herbert threw for three touchdowns, Austin Ekeler rushed for a career-high 117 yards and scored twice and the Los Angeles Chargers knocked the Las Vegas Raiders from th...
Oct 04, 2021