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Watchdog: Syrian air force responsible for chemical attacks
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The global chemical weapons watchdog issued a report Wednesday blaming the Syrian air force for a series of chemical attacks using sarin and chlorine in late March 2017 on the...
Apr 08, 2020
Critics alarmed by Ontario's testing shortfall
TORONTO - Ontario's overly cautious approach to COVID-19 testing is endangering lives and hindering efforts to rein in soaring infections that are ravaging long-term care facilities, filling ICU beds ...
Apr 08, 2020
'What's taking so long?' Conservatives call for faster aid for businesses
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says relief from the federal government for small businesses suffering losses due to COVID-19 is not rolling out fast enough. He says the United S...
Apr 08, 2020
Vancity temporarily cuts credit card interest rates to zero for those in need
VANCOUVER - Vancity is temporarily cutting credit card interest rates to zero and deferring minimum payments for those facing financial difficulty as a result of COVID-19. The credit union says person...
Apr 08, 2020
Jean Truchon, who fought to expand medically assisted death, receives procedure
MONTREAL - One of the two Quebecers who successfully fought to expand medically assisted dying has received the procedure. Jean Truchon says in a statement released posthumously that the COV...
Apr 08, 2020
Early release pushes down inmate count at Nanaimo Correctional Centre during pandemic
NANAIMO - Some inmates from Nanaimo Correctional Centre are temporarily free men due to COVID-19. Information from the ministry of public safety and solicitor general to NanaimoNewsNOW showed 12 inmat...
Apr 08, 2020 12 inmates serving intermittent sentences at Nanaimo Correctional Centre have been granted early release. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Prize-winning reporter writes book on Melania Trump
NEW YORK - A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump. Mary Jordan's "The Art of Her Deal," which draws upon more than ...
Apr 08, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:25 a.m. Air Canada, which has cut roughly half its Canadian workforce, says it will apply for Ottawa's emergency...
Apr 08, 2020
Democrats want additions to Trump $250B emergency virus aid
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democratic leaders proposed Wednesday adding hundreds of billions of dollars for health care, state and local governments, and food stamps to $250 billion in fresh emergency...
Apr 08, 2020
UK govt tries to advance virus response with Johnson in ICU
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "responding to treatment" but remains in intensive care with the new coronavirus, his spokesman said Wednesday. The U.K. government, meanwhile, sought ...
Apr 08, 2020