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Artsy Edinburgh, laid low by the virus, hopes for recovery
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theatre and comedy the world has to offer. All that's mi...
Aug 27, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 27
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2020: There are 126,417 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,945 confirmed (including 5,747 deaths, 54,...
Aug 27, 2020
Champagne pushes reform in Beirut meeting with Lebanese president
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign minister pushed for Lebanon's president to pursue economic and political reforms as he expressed Canadian solidarity with the embattled Lebanese people. Foreign Affairs Minis...
Aug 27, 2020
Kenosha protests peaceful after night of chaos and shootings
KENOSHA, Wis. - Protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, were mostly peaceful following the arrest of a 17-year-old police admirer accused of killing two people and wo...
Aug 27, 2020
Many students in Quebec head back to school today amid COVID-19 worries
MONTREAL - Thousands of Quebec schoolchildren are heading back to class today, putting the provincial government's controversial back-to-school plan to the test. As Montreal's French-language sch...
Aug 27, 2020
More than 1 million Americans applied for jobless benefits
WASHINGTON - Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other...
Aug 27, 2020
Tories ask speaking agency to release records on WE's payments to Trudeau family
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on a speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family to hand over all...
Aug 27, 2020
Rescuers poised to move in as Hurricane Laura still howls
LAKE ARTHUR, La. - Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border earl...
Aug 27, 2020
Study finds players who play in pride games use homophobic language less often
Athletes who have played in diversity-themed games that celebrate pride and inclusion use homophobic language less often than players who have not, accordi...
Aug 27, 2020
NBA protest, Quebec schools return and Hurricane Laura: In The News for Aug. 27
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 Aug. 27 ... What...
Aug 27, 2020
