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Tue, 25 May 2021 01:15:02 -0700
COVID in Canada, Ex-Chadian diplomats to Canada charged: In The News for May 25.
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 May 25...What we are watching in Canada ...As the COVID-19 situation shows continuing signs of i...

Tue, 25 May 2021 01:00:18 -0700
Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?
As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.Health Canada says up to 37 million doses of vaccine could be shipped in May and Jun...

Tue, 25 May 2021 01:00:14 -0700
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday May 25, 2021.There are 1,361,564 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,361,564 confirmed cases (51,818 active, 1,284,481 resolved, 25,265 deaths).*The total case cou...

Tue, 25 May 2021 01:00:12 -0700
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday May 25, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 112,449 new vaccinations administered for a total of 21,138,256 doses given. Nationwide, 1,660,830 people or 4.4 p...

Tue, 25 May 2021 01:00:02 -0700
B.C. set to lay out restart road map as COVID-19 cases slow, vaccinations increase
VICTORIA — A plan to be announced today will start to get life and the economy back to normal in British Columbia with the methodical lifting of COVID-19 health restrictions. Premier John Horgan said last week the restart will set the course for a ...

Tue, 25 May 2021 00:58:23 -0700
Protesters again demonstrate in quiet Oman over poor economy
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of protesters angry over firings and the poor economy of Oman marched through a major city Tuesday, marking a third day of demonstrations in the typically subdued sultanate. The protests took place in Sohar...

Mon, 24 May 2021 23:24:37 -0700
Connor scores in triple overtime as Jets dispatch Oilers in four straight
WINNIPEG — During period intermissions of the longest night in franchise history, the Winnipeg Jets cracked jokes, they chugged water, and snacked on bananas and energy bars.But the significance of the game was always front of mind."You've got to k...

Mon, 24 May 2021 21:54:13 -0700
Blinken in Israel on Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza cease-fire. He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade...

Mon, 24 May 2021 20:03:01 -0700
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, May 24, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday May 24, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 112,449 new vaccinations administered for a total of 21,138,256 doses given. Nationwide, 1,660,830 people or 4.4 p...

Mon, 24 May 2021 20:02:39 -0700
Not a New Yorker? Yang family bristles at 'tourist' mockery
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, who has drawn fire for not voting in city elections and for having a second home upstate, was mocked as a "tourist" by some people on social media Monday for naming Times Square as his fa...

Mon, 24 May 2021 19:36:16 -0700
Ex-Chadian diplomats to Canada face bribery charges in the United States
WASHINGTON — American prosecutors say Chad's former ambassador to the United States and Canada, along with his ex-deputy, face bribery and money laundering charges allegedly involving a Canadian energy startup company.In a news release on Monday, t...

Mon, 24 May 2021 18:20:32 -0700
Five more arrested in B.C. old-growth logging protest
PORT RENFREW, B.C. — Mounties say five more people have been arrested on southern Vancouver Island during protests against old-growth logging.RCMP say the arrests happened at an area called the Waterfall Camp, near Port Renfrew, B.C.Three of those ...

Mon, 24 May 2021 17:46:36 -0700
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, May 24, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday May 24, 2021.There are 1,361,564 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,361,564 confirmed cases (51,818 active, 1,284,481 resolved, 25,265 deaths).*The total case coun...

Mon, 24 May 2021 17:23:21 -0700
Biden calls Belarus plane diversion an 'outrageous incident'
President Joe Biden on Monday said the forced diversion by Belarus of a commercial passenger jet so it could arrest an opposition journalist was "a direct affront to international norms" and condemned the action as an "outrageous incident."Biden made...

Mon, 24 May 2021 16:31:00 -0700
Biden signs bill opening door for Alaska cruises to resume, bypassing Victoria
JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law Monday legislation that opens a door for resumed cruise ship travel to Alaska after the pandemic last year scrapped sailings. The measure pushed by members of Alaska’s Republican congr...

Mon, 24 May 2021 16:17:35 -0700
B.C. records 974 new COVID-19 cases, officials ask residents to follow restrictions
VICTORIA — Officials are continuing to urge British Columbia residents to follow COVID-19 health restrictions ahead of Tuesday's restart announcement.B.C. recorded 974 new cases of COVID-19 over the long weekend, for a total of 142,347 during the p...

Mon, 24 May 2021 16:10:25 -0700
Daily cases dip below 300 in B.C. on Monday, province says stay the course
The daily COVID-19 case count dipped below 300 cases on Monday and there were fewer than 1,000 case over the long weekend — but the province says hold off any re-opening plans until the government makes its restart announcement on Tuesday afternoon...

Mon, 24 May 2021 15:35:09 -0700
Texas poised to allow unlicensed carrying of handguns
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is poised to remove one of its last gun restrictions after lawmakers approved allowing people to carry handguns without a license, and the background check and training that go with it. The Republican-dominated Legislatur...

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:56:01 -0700
US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department are warning Americans against all travel to Japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country as it prepares to host the Olympics in just two months.The...

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:45:40 -0700
Mali's president and PM arrested by mutinous soldiers
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mutinous soldiers arrested Mali's transitional president and prime minister Monday hours after a government reshuffle left out two members of the junta that had seized power in a coup nine months earlier, the African Union and U...



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