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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. There are 1,139,043 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,139,043 confirmed cases (87,872 active...
Apr 21, 2021
Judge to deliver decision today on request to delay Meng extradition case
VANCOUVER - A judge is scheduled to release her decision today on a request to delay the final leg of hearings in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case. The hearings were set to begin next ...
Apr 21, 2021 (The Canadian Press)
Bank of Canada keeps rate on hold, sees brighter economic outlook
OTTAWA - The bank of Canada provided a rosy revision to its economic outlook Wednesday but kept its key rate at 0.25 per cent in a sign that it won't count its chickens before they hatch. The improvin...
Apr 21, 2021
Ease employment hurdles for former prison inmates, federal study urges
OTTAWA - A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment - even over a decade after returning to...
Apr 21, 2021
Floyd's hometown exalts in verdict but tempers expectations
HOUSTON - The streets of Houston's Third Ward, a historically Black neighbourhood where George Floyd grew up, echoed with screams filled with the word "justice" in the moments after white former Minne...
Apr 20, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford tests negative after staff member tests positive for COVID
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is isolating in Toronto after a member of his staff who was in close contact with him tested positive for COVID-19. A statement from Ford's office late Tuesday says...
Apr 20, 2021 (The Canadian Press)
Globes group ousts member over his Black Lives Matter email
LOS ANGELES - A former president of the organization that hosts the Golden Globes has been dropped from the group's board after sending an email that called Black Lives Matter a "hate movement." The H...
Apr 20, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 240,000 new vaccinations administered for a total of 10,483...
Apr 20, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. There are 1,139,043 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,139,043 confirmed cases (87,872 activ...
Apr 20, 2021
Rowing Canada sanctions former head coach of B.C. varsity women's team
Rowing Canada has suspended the former head coach of the University of Victoria women's rowing team for one year after an investigation into allegations of aggressive and demeaning treatment.The decis...
Apr 20, 2021
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