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Cities ask Liberals for up to $15B to stave off COVID-19 budget crisis
OTTAWA - A group representing Canada's cities says municipal budgets are on the brink of financial crisis due to COVID-19 unless the federal government gives billions of dollars in help...
Apr 23, 2020
Spain probes how ex-rapper IS fighter slipped into Europe
MADRID - Spanish police who this week arrested a former London rapper allegedly turned Islamic State fighter in Syria say they have no evidence he was planning an attack in Europe, but his illegal, un...
Apr 23, 2020
Provinces, feds will watch and learn from U.S. reopening efforts, PM suggests
WASHINGTON - Canada's federal and provincial governments will be watching closely for teachable moments as jurisdictions in the United States start to lift personal restrictions and reopen b...
Apr 23, 2020
Scheer refuses to acknowledge MP's controversial criticism of health officer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has refused to address controversial comments by a member of his caucus who is also seeking to replace him as leader. Derek Sloan, a rookie MP from rural Ont...
Apr 23, 2020
U of S engineering students design innovative N95 mask
An engineering team at the University of Saskatchewan is on the front line of innovation in medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.The group has designed a new mask with a removable filter. ...
Apr 23, 2020 Engineering student, Erik Olson, is part of the design team. (Submitted photo)
Baseball Canada cancels 11 national championships due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Baseball Canada has cancelled all its 2020 national championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision announced Thursday affects 11 national tournaments, from the Baseball Canada ...
Apr 23, 2020
Government announces the Reopen Saskatchewan Plan
Saskatchewan residents have a sneak peek at a return to normality amid the COVID-19 health crisis.This morning, Premier Scott Moe and Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab, anno...
Apr 23, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (Facebook)
Canada's COVID death toll passes 2,000; Trudeau pledges $1.1B for research
TORONTO - Canada's COVID-19 death toll passed the 2,000 mark on Thursday as scientists across the country scrambled to find ways to mitigate the pandemic in the form of a treatment or vaccine and...
Apr 23, 2020
Trudeau says military short-term solution to caring for seniors
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the military will respond to provincial requests for assistance at long-term care facilities. But he says the measure is a short-term solution and that Cana...
Apr 23, 2020
Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion to help develop, test and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to determine how widely the virus has spread through Canada, P...
Apr 23, 2020