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Trudeau says new modelling shows COVID-19 in decline but fight must continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal data shows that COVID-19 is in decline across Canada but the country is not out of the woods. Trudeau says a new modelling report will be r...
Jun 04, 2020

Special payments to seniors to arrive in early July, Liberals say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a special one-time payment for seniors will go out the week of July 6. The COVID-19-related aid will come in the form of $300 payments to the more than...
Jun 04, 2020

Health official: No new COVID-19 cases from Missouri parties
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - No additional cases of the new coronavirus have been reported stemming from the crowded pool parties at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend, the state's top ...
Jun 04, 2020

New study is first full list of species that only exist in Canada
OTTAWA - For the first time, Canadian biologists have come up with a list of plants, insects and animals that don't exist in any other country and many of them are in danger of extinction if they have...
Jun 04, 2020

U.S. trade gap rises to $49.4 billion in April
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit hit the highest level in eight months in April. Exports and imports both posted record monthly drops as the coronavirus pandemic smothered America's commerce with o...
Jun 04, 2020

European Central Bank nearly doubles pandemic support scheme
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has boosted its pandemic emergency support program by an unexpectedly large 600 billion euros to 1.35 trillion euros ($1.5 trillion), adding to a range of efforts...
Jun 04, 2020

NewsAlert: New Brunswick reports first COVID-19 death
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick public health officials are reporting the province's first death from COVID-19. In social media posts, the family of a man in his 80s who had been ...
Jun 04, 2020

Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran, en route home
WASHINGTON - A Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been released and is on his way home aboard a Swiss government aircraft, U.S. officials said Thursday. The U.S. special envoy for ...
Jun 04, 2020

Postponed Tokyo Olympics could be downsized and simplified
TOKYO - The Japanese public is being prepared for the reality of next year's postponed Olympics, where athletes are likely to face quarantines, spectators will be fewer, and the delay will cost taxpay...
Jun 04, 2020

Brees says he 'completely missed the mark' in flag comments
NEW ORLEANS - Drew Brees apologized Thursday for comments that were "insensitive and completely missed the mark" when he reiterated his opposition to Colin Kaepernick's kneeling during the national an...
Jun 04, 2020