Murray Wood: The Saskatchewan farmer who heard a cry and reacted heroically
Murray wood says Cody Glenn came upon a horrific crash on a Saskatchewan highway and had to make a split-second decision...
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Advocates, opposition parties push feds for action on long-term care
OTTAWA - Opposition parties and long-term care advocates said Thursday that Ottawa needs to stop delaying action to help fix the country's troubled nursing and retirement homes.COVID-19 infections hav...
Oct 29, 2020
Trick or Treat? Experts divided on letting kids go out on Halloween due to COVID risk
As COVID-19 case numbers continue to creep up in much of the country, some parents are feeling spooked about letting their children trick-or-treat on Halloween. Should they carry on with the door-to-d...
Oct 29, 2020
Cyberattack targets Montreal health agency, forcing it to go off-line
MONTREAL - A Montreal health agency has been forced off-line as authorities deal with a cyberattack. Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday that specific attacks hit systems at the region...
Oct 29, 2020
Assisted-dying bill wins approval in principle over Conservative objections
OTTAWA - Over the objections of dozens of Conservatives, the House of Commons gave approval in principle Thursday to a bill that would make it easier for dying Canadians to get medical help to end the...
Oct 29, 2020
The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the latest COVID-19 death in the province reminds people that the virus c...
Oct 29, 2020
Ethics watchdog clears Morneau of accepting gift from WE Charity
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has cleared former finance minister Bill Morneau of failing to disclose a gift from WE Charity. In a letter to Morneau, ethics commissioner Mario Dion says he acce...
Oct 29, 2020
Federal election during the pandemic would be challenging but feasible: PHAC official
OTTAWA - A senior official at the Public Health Agency of Canada says holding a federal election during the COVID-19 pandemic would be feasible, despite the logistical challenges that Elections Canada...
Oct 29, 2020
Canada's ban on big cruise ships extended until February
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says big cruise ships will be banned from Canadian waters at least until the end of February now. The same extension is being applied to the ban on smaller ves...
Oct 29, 2020
46 cases of COVID-19 linked to wedding events in Vaughan, Ont., health officials say
Charges are possible after more than 100 people attended a wedding north of Toronto that's linked to COVID-19 infections across much of southern Ontario, health officials said Thursday as they added t...
Oct 29, 2020
Alarm bells ring over COVID-19 and long-term care; Ontario sees slowing virus growth
Politicians, advocates and public health officials were ringing the alarm Thursday over COVID-19's impact on long-term care homes as new modelling out of Ontario projected the virus will spread at a m...
Oct 29, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the glue that hold our kids' sports together
From the grandpa who rakes the diamond to the parent coach in soccer and the mom cutting flags around little waists, Sar...
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8:30 - Executive members of the federal public service have also returned to work full-time in the office today. We chec...
