National News

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 Nov. 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

EDMONTON — A former track coach and official from Ottawa has been arrested on sex crime charges involving five teenage boys who were with the Edmonton Olympic Track and Field Club decades ago.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it does not support a permit for an oil drilling exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, although experts fear the United States administration will push ahead with the plan.

VANCOUVER — A former police officer who heads the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering programs says he was concerned and surprised about the response from police agencies over his reports of illegal money in casinos.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:30 p.m. The B.C.

Mark Lindsay wishes his daughter, Chantelle, were here to see the fruition of her fight to bring transformational new therapies for cystic fibrosis to Canada.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:02 p.m. EST on Nov. 10, 2020: There are 273,037 confirmed cases in Canada.

IQALUIT — A bill passed in the Nunavut legislature that will shape how Inuit languages are taught in school for years to come is being called a form of cultural genocide.

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government must do more to tackle the growing threat of hate groups.

CALGARY — Two Alberta landowners have filed what a lawyer says could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments.