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Anxiety high as Canadian schools prepare for students from COVID-ravaged U.S.
WASHINGTON - Canada's universities are bracing for an influx of students next month from the United States, where the worsening COVID-19 pandemic is setting fresh records ever...
Jul 20, 2020
'Grim work:' Climate-change clock ticking on world's polar bears
The climate-change clock is ticking on the world's polar bears and a group of Canadian and U.S. scientists say they've determined when that time will run out. The researchers used data on shrinki...
Jul 20, 2020
Funeral today for young Quebec sisters found dead following Amber Alert
LEVIS, Que. - A funeral will be held in the Quebec City area today for two young sisters who were found dead following an Amber Alert. The bodies of Norah and Romy Carpentier, aged 11 a...
Jul 20, 2020
Ballon d’Or cancelled this year amid coronavirus disruption
The prestigious Ballon d'Or will not be awarded this year because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the soccer season. Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon d'Or has been given out ever...
Jul 20, 2020
Separatists protest Spanish royals' visit to rural Catalonia
L'ESPLUGA DE FRANCOLI, Spain - Hundreds of Catalan independence supporters protested the visit of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Monday to the northeastern region as part of a royal tour across S...
Jul 20, 2020
Thousands of lives on hold as immigration system remains largely shut down
OTTAWA - John McCall's great-grandfather was born in southern Ontario some 200 years ago, and ever since the descendents of his seven children, some living in Canada, some in the U.S, have criss-cross...
Jul 20, 2020
Son of US District Judge Esther Salas killed, husband shot
A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge as he answered the door of the family home Sunday in New Jersey and shot and wounded the judge's husband before fleeing, according to ju...
Jul 20, 2020
Canadians now in Paris to view black boxes of Ukraine plane shot down by Iran
OTTAWA - Canadian investigators are in Paris today to take part in the long-awaited downloading of data from the flight recorders of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot down by Iran in January. Canada's ...
Jul 20, 2020
Commons to sit as Liberals seek to extend wage subsidy, make disability payment
OTTAWA - The House of Commons meets today as the Liberals seek to pass a bill to extend their wage-subsidy program, send a special payment to people with disabilities and extend some legal deadlines f...
Jul 20, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, July 20
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on July 20, 2020: There are 110,338 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 57,466 confirmed (including 5,655 deaths, 50,050 resol...
Jul 20, 2020