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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. There are 488,638 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 488,638 confirmed cases (76,310 active, 3...
Dec 17, 2020
Feds fund new integrated teams on money laundering, earmark $98.9 million
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating new teams to investigate money laundering across Canada. The RCMP says the teams will work collaboratively and be based in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontari...
Dec 17, 2020
'Mere coincidence': N.S. gunman killed after Mounties pull up at gas pump next to him
HALIFAX - A new report from an independent police watchdog reveals that the April 19 fatal shooting of the Nova Scotia mass killer occurred after two RCMP officers happened to pull up at a gas pump ne...
Dec 17, 2020
Turkey that had online fans but real-life haters is killed
SOMERVILLE, Mass. - A wild turkey that had developed an online fan following but also drew complaints about aggressive behaviour was euthanized last week, Massachusetts wildlife officials said. The tu...
Dec 17, 2020
Justice, public safety ministers discuss need for anti-racism training
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says a need for anti-racism training for all people working in the criminal justice system was a focus of conversation with his counterparts from across the ...
Dec 17, 2020
US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus
WASHINGTON - A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Bureau of Prisons no...
Dec 17, 2020
Coalition Avenir Quebec member out of caucus for not following COVID-19 rules at bar
QUEBEC - A member of the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec party is temporarily out of caucus after a video surfaced of him breaking COVID-19 rules at a holiday gathering. In a statement released by t...
Dec 17, 2020
Hot spot: California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge
LOS ANGELES - Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are goin...
Dec 17, 2020
In historic pick, Biden taps Haaland as interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary on Thursday, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful fed...
Dec 17, 2020
Senator links drug used in botched U.S. lethal injections to assisted death in Canada
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator is questioning why a drug blamed for botched executions in the United States is being used to provide medical assistance in dying in Canada. But Sen. Michael MacDonald'...
Dec 17, 2020
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