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In The News for May 12 : Investigation continues into deadly OPP ambush
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 May 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 12, 2023
School district pulls suicide book 'Thirteen Reasons Why'
DENVER - As a Colorado community mourns the loss of seven students who recently killed themselves, a school district official ordered librarians to temporarily stop circulating a book that’s the...
May 16, 2017
TTC CEO Andy Byford leaving Toronto to head up New York City Transit
TORONTO - The chief executive officer of Toronto’s transit agency is leaving his post to take a job as president and CEO of New York City Transit. Andy Byford - who announced his resignation Tue...
Nov 21, 2017
'The light of all our lives:' Six-year-old Saskatchewan boy dies in dog attack
RICETON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan family says it has “lost the light” of their lives after a little boy was killed in a dog attack. The six-year-old boy was found dead after RCMP and emergen...
Sep 14, 2017
China's aircraft carrier celebrated on Hong Kong port call
HONG KONG - China’s sole operating aircraft carrier arrived on its first port call to Hong Kong on Friday as part of efforts to stir patriotism amid commemorations of the city’s handover f...
Jul 07, 2017
Canadian researchers successfully raise wasps that kill the emerald ash borer
A group of Canadian researchers say they have, for the first time, successfully raised wasps that will be used this summer as a weapon against an insect that is ravaging forests. Natural Resources Can...
Mar 21, 2017
Judge: Winner of $560M Powerball jackpot can stay anonymous
CONCORD, N.H. - A judge ruled Monday that a New Hampshire woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million can keep her identity private, but not her hometown. Judge Charles Temple noted th...
Mar 12, 2018
Iranian women's group empowers amid pandemic by making masks
TEHRAN, Iran - As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Mideast's worst outbreak, a women's group hopes to empower its members by helping them make and sell face masks. The organization c...
Dec 30, 2020
Keeping sick people out of schools needs to be priority, Shahab says
As classes get set to resume, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the big priority needs to be keeping sick people out of schools.Speaking on Gormley on Tuesday morning, Dr. Saqib Shahab ...
Aug 18, 2020
Ontario woman's remains to return home from the Bahamas: mother
The remains of an Ontario woman who died in the Bahamas during hurricane Dorian will soon be returned home, her mother said. Josie McDonagh said Alishia Liolli's body was flown off the Abaco Islands t...
Sep 13, 2019