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Canadian investigators in Iran and royals in Canada; 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 watchin...
Jan 16, 2020
Leaders meet on plane crash and John Crosbie's funeral; In The News for Jan. 16
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. 16 ... What we are watchin...
Jan 16, 2020
German officials agree plan to exit coal-fired power by 2038
BERLIN - German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation's coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s that will involve operators getting billions of euros in compensation, the go...
Jan 16, 2020
Tight rules for Conservative leadership prompt Bryan Brulotte to drop out
OTTAWA - Tight new rules for the Conservative leadership election have led businessman and longtime party volunteer Bryan Brulotte to declare he's no longer making a bid for the job. In...
Jan 16, 2020
Promised 25 per cent wireless rate cut is on top of recent reductions: Bains
OTTAWA - The federal government is making clear that cuts to wireless rates it expects from mobile-phone service providers must be in addition to price reductions already seen since 2016. Bu...
Jan 16, 2020
Zelensky says he, Trudeau talk crash punishment, as Iran announces arrests
OTTAWA - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have discussed the need to "punish" the Iranians responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian airlin...
Jan 16, 2020
Politicians past and present expected in St. John's for John Crosbie funeral
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Past and present politicians of all stripes are expected in St. John's, N.L., today to pay their last respects to John Crosbie. The former federal cabinet minister and lieutena...
Jan 16, 2020
Foreign affairs minister in London to chair meeting on plane crash
LONDON - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing a meeting in London today that the federal government hopes will lead to justice and financial compensation for the famil...
Jan 16, 2020
Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Tuesday that authorities have made arrests for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane, which killed all 176 people on board and set off protests in the countr...
Jan 16, 2020
Right-wing parties in Israel unite, rejecting fringe list
JERUSALEM - Religious-nationalist parties in Israel joined forces late Wednesday ahead of the country's unprecedented third straight election in one year. The parties came together after weeks of jock...
Jan 16, 2020
