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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 4
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:09 p.m. EDT on Sept. 4, 2020: There are 130,834 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,117 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,724 r...
Sep 04, 2020

Whitecaps 'need to be better' against powerhouse Toronto FC: Teibert
VANCOUVER - Despite a losing skid and an offensive dry spell, coach Marc Dos Santos says his Vancouver Whitecaps remain resilient heading into another tough test against a Canadian rival. "The mood is...
Sep 04, 2020
‘The truck went poof, down': Biggar grandmother recalls slough rescue
"I thought I was going to be holding that man's hand, and that would be the last hand he held."Those were the thoughts of Biggar's Karen Jiricka following a dangerous situation at a slough near the to...
Sep 04, 2020

High school coach says Game 3 hero OG Anunoby has always had understated swagger
OG Anunoby's nonchalant reaction to his audacious game-winning three pointer in Game 3 of the Toronto Raptors' second-round NBA series with Boston garnered almost as much social media attention Thursd...
Sep 04, 2020

Ex-Canadian Forces reservist charged in 'race war' case back in court Jan. 12
WASHINGTON - The lawyer for accused neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews will be back in court Jan. 12 to try to convince a Maryland judge to drop weapons charges against the former Canadian Forces reservist. In a...
Sep 04, 2020

Tech sector extends slump, dragging stock market lower again
Stocks are falling again on Wall Street Friday, adding to the market's losses a day after its biggest sell-off since June. The S&P 500 was down 1.2% in afternoon trading after initially climbing 0...
Sep 04, 2020

Russia denial of Navalny poisoning taken with grain of salt: Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G7 allies are taking Russia's denials of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a "grain of salt." Champagne tells The C...
Sep 04, 2020

Canada not on pace to meet target to cut methane emissions by 2025
OTTAWA - Environmental advocates say Canada's new methane regulations are going to leave the country well shy of its stated goal to cut emissions of the gas nearly in half in the next five years. Prim...
Sep 04, 2020

Canadian leg of Yukon Quest dog-sled race is cancelled due to pandemic
WHITEHORSE - The Canadian side of the Yukon Quest dog-sled race has been cancelled for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yukon Quest says the annual 1,600-kilometre race had already bee...
Sep 04, 2020

Canadian leg of Yukon Quest dog-sled race is cancelled due to pandemic
WHITEHORSE - The Canadian side of the Yukon Quest dog-sled race has been cancelled for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yukon Quest says the annual 1,600-kilometre race had already bee...
Sep 04, 2020