In The News for May 9: China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat retaliation

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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 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... China has declared a Canadian diplomat as "persona non grata" in retaliation for Ottawa's expulsion of a Chinese consular official who Canada's spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong. On Tuesday, China's Foreign Ministry posted a statement on its English website saying China was deploying a "reciprocal...