Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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Government Senate rep proposes less partisan review of pandemic response
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking senators to conduct a "dispassionate" review of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic - as partisan combat over the issue continues among elected members of t...
Oct 27, 2020
Alberta COVID deaths pushes Canada past milestone of 10,000 deaths
Canada reached a grim and worrying milestone Tuesday in the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 10,000 novel coronavirus deaths. Alberta reported two deaths from COVID-19 to lift the national tally to 10,00...
Oct 27, 2020
Top public servant offers to explain redactions to WE Charity documents
OTTAWA - The country's top public servant is offering to testify about controversial redactions to some 5,000 pages of documents the government released on the WE Charity affair. Ian Shugart, clerk of...
Oct 27, 2020
Judge rejects youths' lawsuit that asks Canada to develop climate recovery plan
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has rejected claims by 15 young people asking that Ottawa be compelled to develop a climate recovery plan based on science, but their lawyers say the ruling will be a...
Oct 27, 2020
Canadians' interactions with each other significantly reduced: cellphone data study
TORONTO - Canadians dramatically altered their behaviour by permanently reducing their interactions with others even as they began moving around more during the pandemic, a new study of cellphone data...
Oct 27, 2020
COVID-19 death toll surpasses 10,000 as second wave continues to surge
OTTAWA - More than 10,000 Canadians have died due to COVID-19, a grim milestone reached by a pandemic that is far from over. Twenty-eight new deaths reported in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta p...
Oct 27, 2020
Corrections watchdog urges moratorium on doctor-assisted deaths in Canadian prisons
OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman is calling for a moratorium on allowing medically assisted deaths inside federal correctional institutions, part of a sweeping annual report that also took a closer ...
Oct 27, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:15 p.m. As of Oct. 26, federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says there were 362 active cases of COVID-10 in First ...
Oct 27, 2020
Indigenous-led clinic to help Quebec community still shaken by Joyce Echaquan's death
MONTREAL - The idea is simple, says Jennifer Brazeau, executive director of the Native Friendship Centre in Quebec's Lanaudiere region: provide "a culturally secure space" where Indigenous people can ...
Oct 27, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:55 p.m. EDT on Oct. 27, 2020: There are 222,886 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 101,885 confirmed (including 6,172 deaths, 86,786 ...
Oct 26, 2020
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