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In the news today: Anand in Greenland, January job numbers, Olympics begin
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to officially open the new consulate today in Greenland’s capital of Nuuk, where Canadian consular staff have been operating quietly for several ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the ‘con code’, the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
VANCOUVER — In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a “rat” by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold. In a Vancouver court, a convicted gangland killer with multiple murders to his name refuses to testify at a hearing, fearing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
NUUK — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to officially open the new consulate today in Greenland’s capital of Nuuk, where Canadian consular staff have been operating quietly for several weeks. The launch of a new Canadian diplomatic mission in Greenland is sparking hopes for more collaboration on climate change, Inuit rights and defence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What Trump’s aspiration to conquer Greenland means for Canada
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
NUUK — Canada’s closest physical neighbours are in an escalating dispute that risks breaking the military alliance that has protected the nations of the North Atlantic for decades. U.S. President Donald Trump keeps talking about annexing Greenland, the Danish territory where Canada is about to open a diplomatic mission. Here’s a look at why diplomacy, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opening ceremony today, figure skating begins at Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
MILAN — The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway today with a multi-site opening ceremony spread across northern Italy. It will be an unusual opening ceremony, reflecting the most spread-out Olympics ever, with the main event in Milan and additional ceremonies and athlete parades in Predazzo, Livigno and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From climate change to Inuit culture — five things shared by Greenland and Canada
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
NUUK — Canada is set to formally open its newest diplomatic mission Friday in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, to build on deep ties that precede the recent geopolitical crisis. U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded U.S. control of Greenland and only recently backed down after the White House refused to rule out securing the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Statistics Canada set to release January jobs numbers
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release jobs figures for January this morning. A Reuters poll of economists expects employers added 7,000 jobs in the first month of 2026, good enough to keep the unemployment rate steady at 6.8 per cent. RBC forecasts a decline of 10,000 jobs in January, giving back some of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Booker and Crump push No. 4 Texas over No. 5 LSU 77-64 as Longhorns run home win streak to 39
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Madison Booker scored 18 points, Aaliyah Crump added 16 and No. 4 Texas used a big run at the start of the fourth quarter to pull away from No. 5 LSU for a 77-64 victory Thursday night. Texas’ Kyla Oldacre scored four points in the 10-0 Texas run. Her layup with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A capsule history of the T20 World Cup
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
A brief history of the T20 World Cup: 2007 in South Africa Final: India def. Pakistan by 5 runs Four years after England invented Twenty20 cricket, the first T20 World Cup (then World Twenty20) blasted off in the opening match where Chris Gayle scored the first international T20 century, 117 off 57 balls (10 sixes) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bad Bunny look-alike contest in San Francisco draws hundreds of fans
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Bad Bunny look-alike contest at a San Francisco restaurant snowballed into a street party after hundreds of fans of the global superstar showed up to cheer his doppelgangers and sing along to his music ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. More than 30 contestants from across the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sri Lanka Cricket asks Pakistan to reconsider boycott of India game at Twenty20 World Cup
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka Cricket has urged Pakistan to reconsider its planned boycott of a Twenty20 World Cup game against India in Colombo next week, saying a forfeited match could hit the tourism sector of a country still recovering from an economic collapse. “We have asked them to reconsider the decision based ... Read More »
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