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Decision on Habs home-game capacity for Stanley Cup final coming today: public health
MONTREAL - A senior Quebec public health official says a decision on capacity at upcoming Montreal Canadiens home games for the Stanley Cup final will be announced today. The Montreal Canadiens organi...
Jun 30, 2021
Indigenous leaders reflect on past, present
The painful history of Residential Schools in Canada is ever-so present for the indigenous community, while there's hope that the stories of the past month can finally create change.During the Pipe Ce...
Jun 30, 2021
IOC says yes to babies at Olympics; Gaucher able to bring daughter Sophie with her
Canadian Kim Gaucher has won in her quest to bring baby Sophie to the Tokyo Olympics. The International Olympic Committee says it will now allow breastfeeding moms to bring their children to Tokyo. Th...
Jun 30, 2021
Fire destroys Catholic Church north of Edmonton, RCMP say blaze suspicious
MORINVILLE, Alta. - A Catholic Church in northern Alberta has been destroyed by what RCMP are calling a suspicious fire. RCMP say in a release that officers were called to the blaze at St. John Baptis...
Jun 30, 2021
Canada calling on Eritrea to withdraw its forces from Ethiopia
Ottawa is calling on Eritrea to withdraw its armed forces from the Tigray region in Ethiopia, a couple days after a ceasefire was announced to put a hold on a conflict that has led to the world's wors...
Jun 30, 2021
Canadians consider U.S. a far better economic partner than China, Pew survey suggests
WASHINGTON - A new international survey suggests a vast majority of Canadians would prefer to see closer economic ties with the United States than with China. The latest Pew Research Center survey fou...
Jun 30, 2021
UN war crimes court convicts 2 Serbs over Bosnia atrocities
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A United Nations court on Wednesday convicted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of aiding and abetting crimes committed by Serb paramilitarie...
Jun 30, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 9:30 a.m. Health Canada is advising anyone who suffers from capillary leak syndrome to avoid getting the vaccines developed by A...
Jun 30, 2021
European troops make low-key return home from Afghanistan
BERLIN (AP) - The last German and Italian troops returned home from Afghanistan to low-key receptions on Wednesday, nearly 20 years after the first soldiers were deployed. Their withdrawal came after ...
Jun 30, 2021
BC residential school demolition, Ontario eases COVID rules : In The News for June 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 June 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 30, 2021