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Historic, physically-distant vote at UN determines Canada's Security Council bid
OTTAWA - Today could be decision day for what could be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's biggest foreign policy gambit: Canada's bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council. The voti...
Jun 17, 2020
NDP support for spending bill assures no election in midst of pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a confidence vote today but there's little chance his minority Liberal government will fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau assure...
Jun 17, 2020
Conservative party leadership hopefuls face off for the first time tonight
OTTAWA - Four federal Conservative party leadership candidates face off against each other for the first time tonight in a race that's been repeatedly upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonight's debat...
Jun 17, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on June 17, 2020: There are 99,467 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,146 confirmed (includin...
Jun 17, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 17, 2020
Last survivor of 1958 disaster won't let COVID-19 stop him from honouring dead
VANCOUVER - A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958, as he plunged into the ocean when a support collapsed on a bridge being constructed between Vanc...
Jun 17, 2020
Mayor wants changes to prison-transfer system after alleged murder by escapees
METCHOSIN, B.C. - The mayor of a Vancouver Island community where two inmates are accused of murdering a man after they escaped from a minimum-security prison says they never should hav...
Jun 17, 2020
Report: 60% of Beijing flights cancelled to stem virus spread
BEIJING - Chinese media say more than 60% of commercial flights in and out of Beijing have been cancelled as the city raises alert level amid a new coronavirus outbreak. The website of the Communist P...
Jun 16, 2020
Bank of Canada has no immediate intentions to raise interest rates, Macklem says
OTTAWA - Canada's new top central banker says the Bank of Canada has no intention to raise interest rates given the current economic circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Tiff Mackl...
Jun 16, 2020
Toronto Raptors eye Florida for workouts to eliminate quarantine concern
The Toronto Raptors are expected to hold workouts somewhere in Florida before the NBA season resumes, the Associated Press has learned. A person with knowledge of the situation said the Raptors' plan ...
Jun 16, 2020