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Canadians not worried other countries will get COVID-19 vaccine first: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians aren't currently worried that people in other countries might get a COVID-19 vaccine first. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents to a survey conducted by Lg...
Dec 01, 2020
Tory MPs keep talking on assisted dying bill as clock ticks down to Dec. 18 deadline
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are refusing to be rushed into a vote on assisted dying legislation, despite a looming court-imposed deadline. The Liberal minority government has until Dec. 18 to pass Bill ...
Nov 30, 2020
PM sets Dec. 10 date for long-sought first ministers' meeting on health-care funding
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set Dec. 10 as the date for a long-sought first ministers' meeting on federal funding for health care. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc has...
Nov 30, 2020
Trump science adviser Scott Atlas leaving White House job
WASHINGTON - Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to President Donald Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post. A White House official con...
Nov 30, 2020
Public health must balance science and society: former top doctor
EDMONTON - A retired top doctor says public health orders have to balance science with society if they are to be effective. "(Measures) will only work if you have a majority of the population that sup...
Nov 30, 2020
As Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry begins its work, many tough questions remain
HALIFAX - For eight long hours, Nick Beaton was in agony as he waited to learn what had happened to his missing wife. By the early afternoon on April 19, he knew a lone gunman disguised as a Mountie h...
Nov 30, 2020
Highlights of the federal government's fiscal update
OTTAWA - Key elements from the federal government's fiscal update, delivered by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Monday afternoon: A boatload of borrowing. The federal deficit is sailing toward $381...
Nov 30, 2020
Spending too little worse than spending too much, Freeland says in fall update
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's first fall mini-budget finds new funds for families and businesses and scratches a longtime provincial itch over transfer payments as she tries to find a ...
Nov 30, 2020
Liberals take step on national child-care system, promise plan coming in 2021 budget
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing millions of dollars in new spending as a down payment on a planned national child-care system that the Liberals say will be outlined in next spring's budge...
Nov 30, 2020
Ottawa beefs up loans for hard-hit sectors — but big airlines not included for now
Ottawa is rolling out a wave of new funding for pandemic-battered industries including tourism, the arts and regional aviation, with smaller companies top of mind - and large airlines notably absent. ...
Nov 30, 2020
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