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Feds gave 1,600 veterans priority hiring, but could have been higher: report
2OTTAWA - More than 1,600 former Canadian Armed Forces members have benefited from a five-year-old law designed to help them get federal government jobs, according to a new report by Veterans Affairs ...
Sep 07, 2020
Cleaner LNG one answer to climate change crisis, O'Regan tells investors
OTTAWA - Canadian LNG is the best choice for global energy investors looking for sustainable and competitive natural gas production, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan said Monday. His speech o...
Sep 07, 2020
Former N.L. premier to resign seat, clearing way for bid by Premier Andrew Furey
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's new Liberal premier says he is planning to run for his seat in the west coast riding that former premier Dwight Ball will soon vacate. Ball announce...
Sep 07, 2020
Canadian Vasek Pospisil falls to de Minaur in fourth round of U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Canada's Vasek Pospisil couldn't convert on four set points in the first set en route to a 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2 loss against No. 21 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in the fourth rou...
Sep 07, 2020
Tam urges caution as daily cases of COVID-19 rise 25 per cent in last week
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health doctor says a slow but steady increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a cause for concern. Dr. Theresa Tam says today the aver...
Sep 07, 2020
England international Kallum Watkins leaves Wolfpack for Salford Red Devils
TORONTO - England international Kallum Watkins, who joined the Toronto Wolfpack in May but never got to play for the transatlantic rugby league team because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has sig...
Sep 07, 2020
'It is urgent:' Commissioner calls for Indigenous bodies to oversee police
Aboriginal civilian groups that would oversee police actions are long past due in Canada, says a commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and gi...
Sep 07, 2020
Ladysmith youth steer mountain bike trail improvements
LADYSMITH - Mountain biking advocates in Ladysmith hope improvements to a small local trail network leads to many more riding opportunities.Volunteers recently finished enhancing the safety of existin...
Sep 07, 2020
Alberta doctors want safer workplace after killing of physician in Red Deer clinic
CALGARY - A central Alberta doctor says some clinics have stopped allowing patients to carry bags and backpacks since a family doctor was killed on the job last month. Dr. Wal...
Sep 07, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 7
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EDT on Sept. 7, 2020: There are 131,894 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,497 confirmed (including 5,769 deaths, 55,871 r...
Sep 07, 2020