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Risk to being overly cautious in COVID-19 protection protocols: PHAC
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will consult with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions on its next set of guidelines for protecting health-care workers against the novel corona...
Feb 28, 2020
Ukraine pledges help for airline compensation for Iran plane crash victims
OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada says his government will help Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne secure compensation from Ukraine International Airlines for the families of a...
Feb 28, 2020
Independent senators push to suspend Beyak again, despite apology
OTTAWA - Independent senators want to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time, even though she has apologized for posting derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples on her website. After months of...
Feb 28, 2020
Saskatchewan premier won't commit to fall election, citing national unrest
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's not committing to a provincial election in October. Moe says there's more unrest in the country than usual. He cites ongoing rail blockad...
Feb 28, 2020
Canada must expose hidden company owners to end 'snow washing,' inquiry hears
VANCOUVER - Canada must urgently create public registries that reveal the true owners of corporations in order to shed its international reputation as a destination for laundering the proceeds of...
Feb 28, 2020
Assisted dying bill gets mixed reviews, raises fears of more restrictions
OTTAWA - Some experts fear that legislation intended to make it easier for intolerably suffering Canadians to receive medical assistance to end their lives might actually make it harder in some cases ...
Feb 28, 2020
Decade-long health care battle draws to a close today in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - A constitutional challenge by a doctor who argues patients should have the right to pay for private care if the public system leaves them waiting too long is expec...
Feb 28, 2020
Timeline of COVID-19 cases in Canada
Public health officials say 14 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with seven cases reported in Ontario and seven in British Columbi...
Feb 28, 2020
Ontario confirms seventh coronavirus case; man had travelled to Iran
TORONTO - Ontario now has seven confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, with the three most recent patients all having recently travelled to Iran. The outbreak of the virus known as COVID-19 began i...
Feb 28, 2020
Suspect charged with first-degree murder in death of 13-year-old Quebec girl
ST-JEROME, Que. - A 51-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the violent death of a teenage girl who was found by the side of a road in Quebec's ...
Feb 28, 2020