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Immigration application system set for massive revamp in wake of COVID-19
OTTAWA - A complete overhaul of how Canada processes immigration applications is in the works as the federal government braces for a post-COVID-19 surge in demand for migration to Canada. The federal ...
Jun 11, 2020
NHL training camps set to open July 10, if medical and safety conditions allow
TORONTO - The NHL and the NHL Players' Association have announced that training camps will open July 10, provided medical and safety conditions allow and the parties reach an agreement on resuming pla...
Jun 11, 2020
Milley says he was wrong to accompany Trump on church walk
WASHINGTON - Army Gen. Mark Milley, the nation's top military officer, said Thursday he was wrong to accompany President Donald Trump on a walk through Lafayette Square that ended in a photo op at a c...
Jun 11, 2020
Relay at Home
On Saturday, June 13, 2020 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Relay participants across Canada will come together to Relay At Home, our reimagined virtual event that you can enjoy from the comfort of home. Withinte...
Jun 11, 2020
Biden: Main worry is Trump will try to 'steal this election'
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden says his chief worry is that President Donald Trump will attempt to "steal" the November election, and the Democratic challenger says he's even considered the possibility that t...
Jun 11, 2020
Feds ask court for second extension on changes to assisted-dying law
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to extend the deadline for revising its law on medical aid in dying. A Quebec court found parts of the law unconstitutional last fall, ordering the go...
Jun 11, 2020
Now is perfect time to remove Confederate symbols from U.S. Capitol, says Pelosi
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says now is the time for lawmakers in the United States to remove prominent symbols of the country's racist past from places like Capitol Hill. Pelosi is callin...
Jun 11, 2020
Trudeau expresses confidence in RCMP commissioner amid racism debate
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expressing confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki after the top Mountie said she is struggling with the definition of systemic racism. Lucki made the co...
Jun 11, 2020
Ottawa commits $133M in further aid for Indigenous businesses
Ottawa will spend a further $133 million on helping Indigenous businesses suffering the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has heard f...
Jun 11, 2020
Historian Charles King wins Francis Parkman Prize
NEW YORK - Charles King's "Gods of the Upper Air," a group biography on such groundbreaking anthropologists as Franz Boas, Margaret Mead and Zora Neale Hurston, has received a prominent history award....
Jun 11, 2020