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Canadians divided over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines, priority inoculations
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are turning against the idea of the government requiring people to get a vaccine for COVID-19 when it becomes available. Only 39 per cent of respondents in the p...
Oct 14, 2020

Ballots are ready ahead of Saskatchewan election
Ballots are hot off the press in preparation for the upcoming Saskatchewan election.Nearly 1.3 million ballots have been made. That's more than enough, according to Dr. Michael Boda, the province's ch...
Oct 14, 2020

Online fall Broadway play revivals attract starry casts
NEW YORK - Broadway theatres may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Mor...
Oct 14, 2020

No 'magic bullet' to rein in toxic social-media content, LeBlanc says
OTTAWA - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there is no magic legislative bullet to control objectionable content on social media. LeBlanc told a virtual conference on democracy t...
Oct 14, 2020

Man accused of four murders in Fredericton viewed disturbing videos, jury told
FREDERICTON - The jury at the Matthew Raymond murder trial in Fredericton has heard there was a stark change in the kinds of videos and images Raymond watched on his computer in the year before the sh...
Oct 14, 2020

Opportunity to Review Draft Forestry Plans
Sakaw Askiy is preparing the Forest Operating Plan for the Prince Albert Forest Management Agreement area for the next 5-year period. For everyone's safety, instead of holding public meetings this yea...
Oct 14, 2020

New taxpayer watchdog plans to monitor how CRA handles pandemic-stressed taxpayers
OTTAWA - The new federal taxpayers' advocate says he plans to keep a close eye on how the Canada Revenue Agency treats Canadians feeling the financial pain from the COVID-19 pandemic. Franois Boileau ...
Oct 14, 2020

Van attack trial may proceed by videoconference due to COVID-19, court hears
TORONTO - The trial of a man accused of deliberately using a van to kill 10 people on a busy Toronto sidewalk may be held by videoconference next month due to recently imposed COVID-19 restrictions, c...
Oct 14, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 11:20 a.m. Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19, 844 of which are from the past 24 hours. Authorities said today ...
Oct 14, 2020

Ex-senator Don Meredith's staff to be compensated $498K for harassment, abuse
OTTAWA - The Senate of Canada will pay nearly half a million dollars in compensation to nine employees of a now-resigned senator who say they suffered harassment, including sexual harassment, on the j...
Oct 14, 2020