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Canadians maintain strong trust in doctors and scientists during pandemic
OTTAWA - Canadians appear to still have solid faith in doctors and scientists nearly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. A new survey done for Proof Strategies over the Labour Day weekend suggests ...
Sep 08, 2020
Government approves $51 million in additional funding for safe return to school
The Government of Saskatchewan has approved more funding to schools in the province for equipment, staff and cleaning supplies.According to a media release, the government announced $51 million for Sa...
Sep 08, 2020

CONCACAF pushes back start of 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign to March 2021
TORONTO - Canada will have to wait until at least March to start its qualifying journey for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. CONCACAF's already-delayed qualifiers were to start in the FIFA international m...
Sep 08, 2020

Charges: 2 killed detective, informant in robbery attempt
CLEVELAND - Two teenagers were charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a Cleveland police detective and another man during what authorities said was a robbery attempt. David McDaniel Jr., 18, of Clevela...
Sep 08, 2020

Canadian lawyers demand freedom for ailing, hunger-striking 'Mandela of Iran'
OTTAWA - The Canadian legal team for an imprisoned Iranian human-rights lawyer is calling for federal sanctions and United Nations intervention as she wages a life-threatening hunger strike entering i...
Sep 08, 2020

N.B. Liberal leader promises to put province's economic agency 'on steroids'
FREDERICTON - Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers says the province needs a growth agenda, not what he says are austerity and cuts promoted by Premier Blaine Higgs. Vickers told a business audience ...
Sep 08, 2020

Liberals extend commercial rent-relief program for last time
OTTAWA - The federal government is extending its commercial rent-relief program one last time. The Liberals say the program that aims to help small businesses with their rent or lease c...
Sep 08, 2020

Green party leadership race nearly doubles party membership numbers
OTTAWA - More than 35,000 people are eligible to cast votes in next month's Green party leadership race. That would absolutely smash the turnout in the last Green leadership race 14 years ago, wh...
Sep 08, 2020

Quebec judge who asked woman to remove hijab in court offers apology
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has apologized five years after she refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear in court wearing a hijab. A letter of apology from Quebec court Judge Eliana Marengo was re...
Sep 08, 2020

Raptors' Serge Ibaka questionable for Game 6 because of sprained ankle
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka suffered a sprained left ankle Monday night and is questionable for Game 6 of the team's playoff series against the Boston Celtics on ...
Sep 08, 2020