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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 11:26 a.m. on April 27, 2020: There are 47,346 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 24,107 confirmed (inc...
Apr 27, 2020
Silvercorp Metals strikes $105-million deal to buy Guyana Goldfields
VANCOUVER - Silvercorp Metals Inc. says it has struck a deal to buy Guyana Goldfields Inc. in a cash-and-shares transaction worth about $105 million. The two Canadian miners say the transaction w...
Apr 27, 2020
Petition calls for high school name change for RCMP officer killed in rampage
HALIFAX - An online campaign has begun seeking to change the name of a Nova Scotia high school to honour the RCMP officer killed during last week's shooting rampage that claimed 22 lives in the provin...
Apr 27, 2020
'The Rise of Skywalker' to hit Disney Plus on May 4
NEW YORK - "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" will begin streaming on Disney Plus on May 4, about two months earlier than scheduled. The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that "The Rise of Skywalker" will l...
Apr 27, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government's wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency measure ...
Apr 27, 2020
Nations, US states each chart their own path on reopening
LONDON - A thinner-looking British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work Monday after a bout with the coronavirus and warned strongly against easing the country's lockdown, even as other Europ...
Apr 27, 2020
South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumours are untrue
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's government has dismissed rumours that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in fragile condition, as speculation about his health intensifies amid the North's si...
Apr 27, 2020
Back at work, Boris Johnson urges patience over UK lockdown
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of ...
Apr 27, 2020
Questions over Kim's health highlight intelligence limits
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's prolonged public absence has led to rumours of ill health and worries about how it could influence the future of what one analyst calls No...
Apr 27, 2020
Georgia restaurants allowed to reopen as restrictions loosen
ATLANTA - Some Georgia restaurants were reopening for limited dine-in service Monday as the state continued a loosening of coronavirus restrictions, but many chose to remain closed for the time being....
Apr 27, 2020