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How proceedings in the House of Commons during pandemic differ from normal
OTTAWA - Canadians who tune in to watch proceedings in the House of Commons during the COVID-19 crisis may wonder why Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs continue to accuse the Liberal government...
Jun 02, 2020
Running for Conservative leadership not about ticking boxes: Leslyn Lewis
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is the only woman in the race, the only immigrant, the only visible minority. Though she could seize on those qualities to differentiate he...
Jun 02, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases, travel restrictions soon to be lifted in northwest
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported no new COVID-19 cases today. Fourteen more have recovered.According to a media release, of the 646 reported cases, 33 are considered active. The recovery to...
Jun 02, 2020
Turnbull hopes hockey helmet-sticker fundraiser helps heal home province
Blayre Turnbull knows how it feels to lose a parent at a young age. Her mother died of cancer when she was a teenager. So the Canadian women's hockey team forward wanted to help childre...
Jun 02, 2020
Liberals to ask MPs to OK $87 billion in new spending, fuelled by pandemic aid
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are asking parliamentarians to approve $60 billion in spending on a key COVID-19 emergency benefit for workers. The Liberals had expected the Canada Emergency Response Be...
Jun 02, 2020
Ontario mulls collection of race-based COVID-19 data; some argue it's essential
TORONTO - The importance of understanding the role race might play in the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted Ontario to look at regulatory changes to make collection of such data provincewide, the governm...
Jun 02, 2020
Fredette presents risk to public safety, correctional documents suggest
ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man found guilty of two murders poses a high risk to public safety as well as a risk of evading authorities, correctional documents filed at his sentencing hearing suggest. ...
Jun 02, 2020
Als head coach Jones says he received death threats as CFL player in Winnipeg
Khari Jones says he received death threats while he was the quarterback of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers because of his interracial marriage. Jones, entering his second season as the Montreal Alouet...
Jun 02, 2020
Charles seeks to expand recreational opportunities as Stanley Mission councillor
At 29 years old, Jimmy Charles believes he can be a new, young voice in Stanley Mission as a recently elected councillor."I'm extremely happy with the support I got," he said. "I want to say a big tha...
Jun 02, 2020
High-speed Spanish passenger train hits car on track; 2 dead
MADRID - Two people were killed when a high-speed passenger train with more than 150 people on board hit a car on the tracks in northwest Spain on Tuesday. Emergency services said the locomotive derai...
Jun 02, 2020