Murray Wood: Conservative floor crossers could hand Mark Carney a majority government
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Liberal MP Jim Carr to receive stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer
OTTAWA - Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr is returning to hospital for a stem-cell transplant, a treatment that had been twice delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Winnipeg MP shar...
May 05, 2020
Americans trust Canadians more than they trust themselves, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - COVID-19 has damaged the trust Canadians have in their American neighbours, while U.S. residents collectively have more faith in their northern counterparts than they do in themselves, a ...
May 05, 2020
Most Canadians comfortable with pace of easing restrictions: poll
OTTAWA - As provinces start to tiptoe toward normalcy by gently lifting restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians are largely happy with the pace. P...
May 05, 2020
Canada's COVID-19 death toll passes 4,000; feds announce help for farmers
TORONTO - The number of people in Canada killed by COVID-19 passed the 4,000 mark on Tuesday, as provinces eased anti-pandemic restrictions and the government announced new aid for farmers. The grim f...
May 05, 2020
California governor says some business may reopen this week
YUBA CITY, Calif. - With more local governments moving ahead with their own plans for reopening, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday the state will begin gradually allowing clothing stores, ...
May 04, 2020
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...
May 04, 2020
Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020
Iran chief's link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
OTTAWA - Canada's quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran's lead investigator is a mass executioner who belongs in prison, says...
May 04, 2020
Feds eye new tools to help Access to Information system recover after COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will look at whether investments in new technology could help clear any backlog of information requests that arises from a COVID-19 related bottleneck. The pled...
May 04, 2020
China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...
May 04, 2020
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