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France opposes foreign takeover offer for supermarket chain
PARIS - France's government says it opposes the proposed 16.2 billion-euro ($19.6 billion) takeover of French supermarket chain Carrefour by Canadian convenience store group Couche-Tard. Labor Ministe...
Jan 14, 2021
Ontario's stay-at-home order in effect and 'Courage' masks: In The News for Jan. 14
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 Jan. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 14, 2021
Cafe, croissant, worms? EU agency says worms safe to eat
ROME - The vaunted Mediterranean diet and French gastronomy are getting some competition: The European Union's food safety agency says worms are safe to eat. The Parma-based agency published a scienti...
Jan 14, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada decision coming today in N.L.'s Mount Cashel sex abuse case
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A decision today from Canada's highest court will determine whether a decades-long legal battle over sexual abuse that took place at the Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John's, N.L., ...
Jan 14, 2021
Feds look at using border data to find travellers applying for sickness benefit
OTTAWA - A federal official says the government is considering using data on incoming travellers to prevent vacationers from claiming a benefit for people who must quarantine or isolate due to COVID-1...
Jan 14, 2021
Opposition party calls for changes to Quebec curfew after homeless people ticketed
MONTREAL - Quebec's second opposition party is calling for people experiencing homelessness to be exempt from the government-imposed curfew. Alexandre Leduc, a member of Quebec solidaire, said Wednesd...
Jan 14, 2021
Black Conservatives seek to mobilize more support in wake of Leslyn Lewis' success
OTTAWA - Black Conservatives energized by the rising star of Leslyn Lewis hope to use her unexpectedly robust leadership bid to bolster Black representation in the party's ranks. The relaunch of one f...
Jan 14, 2021
Australia to kill pigeon that crossed Pacific from Oregon
CANBERRA, Australia - A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometre (8,000-mile) Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities conside...
Jan 14, 2021
Aid chief: US naming Yemen rebels terrorists a famine threat
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. humanitarian chief is urging the United States to reverse its decision to declare Yemen's Houthi rebels a terrorist group, warning that the designation will likely lead t...
Jan 14, 2021
Lawyer, others arrested by Hong Kong national security unit
Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested a lawyer and 10 others on suspicion of helping 12 Hong Kong activists try to flee the city, media reported. The fresh wave of arrests comes a week after 55 activi...
Jan 14, 2021
