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Border reopening to foreign nationals, campaign stays central: In The News for Sept 7

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 Sept. 7, 2021 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Sep 7, 2021 2:15 AM Read more >

Twenty years after 9/11, the U.S. finds itself on the other side of the looking-glass

WASHINGTON — Fiery explosions, the innocent falling from the sky, presidential vows of vengeance: America's 20-year war on terror seemed to end much the way it began.

Sep 7, 2021 2:00 AM Read more >

CP NewsAlert: Former Montreal Alouettes owner Robert Wetenhall passes away

Bob Wetenhall, who owned the Montreal Alouettes for over 20 years before being inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, has died. A CFL source requesting anonymity told The Canadian Press of the news Monday night.

Sep 6, 2021 8:53 PM Read more >

Two dead, one injured in Sask. First Nation shooting; police arrest suspect

MELFORT, Sask. — A manhunt that followed the weekend shooting deaths of two people in a home on a Saskatchewan First Nation has ended with the arrest of the suspect.

Sep 6, 2021 5:37 PM Read more >

Seismologist says computer glitch led to false reports about earthquake in B.C.

KITIMAT, B.C. — A government seismologist says a magnitude 6.5 earthquake reported in British Columbia on Monday never happened.

Sep 6, 2021 4:48 PM Read more >

Father suspected in nearly week-long disappearance of son faces weapons charge

MONTREAL — A 36-year-old Quebec man who became the subject of a provincewide manhunt after his three-year-old son went missing is now facing a weapons-related charge in the case.

Sep 6, 2021 2:04 PM Read more >

Parties' leaders pledge to support workers with more benefits

OTTAWA — The three main federal party leaders marked Labour Day with promises of better working conditions and more benefits for Canadian workers, along with additional supports for businesses.

Sep 6, 2021 1:14 PM Read more >

Quebec introduces pilot project for free youth protection mediation service

MONTREAL — A new pilot project in Quebec is encouraging parents to seek mediation and solutions outside legal procedures for the better good of children.

Sep 6, 2021 12:19 PM Read more >

9/11 terrorist attacks, ensuing war propelled Canada's military into 21st century

OTTAWA — Andrew Leslie clearly remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

Sep 6, 2021 9:58 AM Read more >

Forest company, RCMP, old-growth defenders due in court this month for four hearings

VICTORIA — The ongoing battle over old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island is heading back to court where a forest company will seek to extend an injunction order and the RCMP and protesters will face off over police powers.

Sep 6, 2021 5:00 AM Read more >