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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on June 5, 2020: There are 93,726 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 52,143 confirmed (including...
Jun 05, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 05, 2020

Statistics Canada to release May jobs numbers, expected to show more losses
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will provide a new snapshot today of the job market as it stood last month with expectations that figures will show a continued bleeding of jobs due to the COVID-1...
Jun 05, 2020

Marches in Ottawa, Toronto to honour black lives lost at hands of police
OTTAWA - Demonstrators plan to march from Parliament Hill through Ottawa streets in mid-afternoon today to honour black lives lost at the hands of police. A similarly themed Toronto march is slated to...
Jun 05, 2020

Trudeau to offer premiers billions to help reopen the economy safely
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second...
Jun 05, 2020

Protests shift to memorializing Floyd amid push for change
ATLANTA - The tenor of the protests set off by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police has taken a turn from the explosive anger that has fueled the setting of fires, breaking of windows and ...
Jun 04, 2020

Ex-Dodgers star Carl Crawford arrested on assault charge
HOUSTON - Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after his former girlfriend accused him of assaulting her during an argument over a man she had begun dating. An arrest affida...
Jun 04, 2020

Ex-Dodgers star Carl Crawford arrested on assault charge
HOUSTON - Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after his former girlfriend accused him of assaulting her during an argument over a man she had begun dating. An arrest affida...
Jun 04, 2020

COVID-19 modeling data highlight path to fewer restrictions, vacations
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making summer holiday plans as COVID-19 cases continue declining and businesses and communities look to wider reopenings while taking precautions to prevent th...
Jun 04, 2020

Summer by the Sea market scaled back to meet COVID-19 landscape
PARKSVILLE - A staple of summer in the Oceanside region will look vastly different this year.The weekly 'Summer by the Sea' market on Craig St. was scrapped in order to comply with COVID-19-related he...
Jun 04, 2020