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Budget officer pegs cost of basic income as calls for it grow due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says it could cost more than $98 billion to provide almost all Canadians with a basic income for six months beginning this fall. ...
Jul 07, 2020
Neighbours apprehend accused impaired driver, who hit south Nanaimo home with car
NANAIMO - Speed and drugs are believed to be factors in a weekend crash involving a vehicle launching towards a south Nanaimo home.Nanaimo RCMP and Fire Rescue were called to the 2000 block of Swordfe...
Jul 07, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, July 7
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on July 7, 2020: There are 105,935 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,937 confirmed (including 5,577 deaths, 25,...
Jul 07, 2020
Lawyer says charges against N.S. woman to be dropped in racial profiling case
HALIFAX - The lawyer for a woman who accused Halifax police of racial profiling and physical abuse says charges against her will be dropped today. Santina Rao was facing charges of dist...
Jul 07, 2020
Airline turbulence and more places opening up in Ontario; In The News for July 7
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 7 ... What ...
Jul 07, 2020
Turbulence in Canadian opinion on airlines COVID-19 response: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests turbulence ahead for airlines seeking public support for their current COVID-19 plans. Seventy-two per cent of Canadians surveyed say they're not comfortable flying since ...
Jul 07, 2020
Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing
TOKYO - Japan's disaster management agency says the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50 and at least a dozen others are still missing. Pounding rain since late Friday in Japan's southern r...
Jul 06, 2020
California Assembly delays session after virus outbreak
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coronavirus outbreak in the California Legislature has indefinitely delayed the state Assembly's return to work from a scheduled summer recess, highlighting the rapid spread of ...
Jul 06, 2020
Two Oceanside RCMP Mounties cleared after investigation into fatal arrest of suspect
QUALICUM BEACH - Charges won't be forwarded to Crown Counsel against two Oceanside RCMP officers who shot and killed a man during an arrest. The report from the Independent Investigations Office relea...
Jul 06, 2020
Buffet decision shows LNG projects on shaky political, economic ground: report
OTTAWA - Legendary investor Warren Buffett's decision to walk away from a proposed export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Quebec is being held up in a new report as a sign that the LNG sector in...
Jul 06, 2020