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Canada's economic optimism crippled by pandemic, Pew poll suggests
WASHINGTON - A new global poll says confidence in the Canadian economy took a dramatic dive over the summer in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic - a whipsaw pivot sharper than any of the other c...
Sep 3, 2020
Super clean schools await return of P.A. students next week
As families in the Prince Albert area prepare to send their kids back to school next week amid the unknowns and unease around COVID-19 transmission, one thing appears clear - schools will be very clea...
Sep 3, 2020
Thailand reports 1st local coronavirus case in 100 days
BANGKOK - A prison inmate in Thailand has tested positive for the coronavirus in the country's first confirmed locally transmitted case in 100 days, health officials said Thursday. They identified the...
Sep 3, 2020
Review: Charlie Kaufman's 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things'
"I try to imbue my work with a sort of interiority," says Lucy (Jessie Buckley), the artists-physics student-girlfriend of Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things." The line could hardly desc...
Sep 3, 2020
'The Disciple' returns India to Venice film fest competition
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A film about a classical musician's struggle to balance his career dreams and life in contemporary Mumbai will this week return India to the main competition at the Venice ...
Sep 3, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 3
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. EDT on Sept. 3, 2020: There are 129,923 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,746 confirmed (including 5,764 deaths, 55,515 reso...
Sep 3, 2020
Mideast's confirmed coronavirus death toll goes over 50,000
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus went over 50,000 in the Middle East on Thursday as the pandemic continues. That's according to a count from The Associated P...
Sep 3, 2020
Businessman acquitted in murders of Slovak reporter, fiancee
PEZINOK, Slovakia - A panel of judges in Slovakia on Thursday acquitted a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist who had written about him and the journa...
Sep 3, 2020
Trudeau's virtual Atlantic tour and a busy sports day: In The News for Sept. 3
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. 3 ... What...
Sep 3, 2020
Justin Trudeau takes virtual cross-country tour to Atlantic provinces
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his virtual tour of Canada today, with electronic visits to the Atlantic provinces. He conducted a virtual tour of British Columbia on W...
Sep 3, 2020
