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Trio of Canadians will chase US$300,000 top prize at Bassmaster Classic competition
Jeff Gustafson will take a different mindset and approach into the biggest event on the Bassmasters Elite Series. Gustafson, of Kenora, Ont., will be in the 54-angler field that opens the US$1-million...
Jun 10, 2021
Quebec police say bodies found in Montreal-area home tied to murder-suicide
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say two bodies discovered in a home northeast of Montreal Wednesday morning involved a murder followed by a suicide. Lisette Corbeil, 56, and David Joly, 49, were f...
Jun 10, 2021
Liberal House leader accuses Conservatives of 'blocking' progress on key legislation
Government House leader Pablo Rodriguez says the Conservatives are blocking the passage of "progressive legislation" put forward by the minority Liberals before MPs wrap up for the summer. In a news c...
Jun 10, 2021
New York congressman says Biden, Trudeau to talk plan for Canada-U.S. border at G7
WASHINGTON - A New York congressman says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden will discuss plans to reopen the Canada-U.S. border when they meet on the margins of the G7 summit. Rep. ...
Jun 10, 2021
Iran sends warships to Atlantic amid Venezuela concerns
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, Iran's state TV reported on Thursday, ...
Jun 10, 2021
Canada's opinions of U.S. markedly higher with Biden in White House, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Canadians have a far more positive view of the United States and its place in the world now that Joe Biden is president, a new poll suggests - the polar opposite of how they felt at the e...
Jun 10, 2021
Pope rejects German cardinal's resignation, urges reform
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis refused Thursday to accept the resignation offered by German Cardinal Reinhard Marx over the sex abuse scandal in the church, but said a process of reform was necessary and th...
Jun 10, 2021
Myanmar military plane crash kills 12, including senior monk
BANGKOK (AP) - A well-known senior Buddhist monk was among at least 12 people who died when a plane belonging to Myanmar's military crashed Thursday in the country's central Mandalay region, state med...
Jun 10, 2021
Loosening COVID restrictions, Trudeau leaves for G7 summit: In The News for June 10
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 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 10, 2021
House of Commons ethics committee to issue report today on WE Charity affair
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog may have let Prime Minister Justin Trudeau off the hook but that won't deter opposition parties from issuing a scathing report on the WE Charity affair. The House ...
Jun 10, 2021