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Pandemic-related disability support to cost feds $792 million, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says a one-time payment to people with disabilities this fall will cost the federal treasury $792 million. The majority of that amount will go to about 1.67 mi...
Aug 26, 2020
UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites
BERLIN - The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says Tehran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where Iran is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material. The International Ato...
Aug 26, 2020
Biden campaign 'flooding the zone' with celebrity backers
WILMINGTON, Del. - Poised over the piano, Carole King was set to play "I Feel the Earth Move" during a recent virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden when the Democratic presidential nominee himself beat her...
Aug 26, 2020
A timeline of events in the case of Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - A timeline of the Meng Wanzhou case, and rising tension between Canada and China. 2018 Aug. 22: A New York court issues a warrant for the arrest of Huawei Technologies chief financial offi...
Aug 26, 2020
A timeline of events in the case of Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - A timeline of the Meng Wanzhou case, and rising tension between Canada and China. 2018 Aug. 22: A New York court issues a warrant for the arrest of Huawei Technologies chief financial offi...
Aug 26, 2020
Trump trade adviser Navarro bashes Canada's 'self-interests' in new book
WASHINGTON - White House trade adviser Peter Navarro is taking some unprovoked swipes at Canada in a new book about U.S. President Donald Trump's unconventional approach to foreign policy. I...
Aug 26, 2020
Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods jumped 11.2%
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped 11.2% in July, the third consecutive monthly gain. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the July advance follo...
Aug 26, 2020
Human-caused wildfires draw concern from central Island firefighters
NANAIMO - Lightning strikes aren't the only thing sparking wildfires in the central Vancouver Island region.Human caused wildfires are frustrating part of the job for local firefighters as they are da...
Aug 26, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 26
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Aug. 26, 2020: There are 125,969 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,803 confirmed (including 5,746 deaths, 54...
Aug 26, 2020
N.S. woman in appeals court to prevent husband from receiving medical aid in dying
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's appeals court is scheduled to hear a case today involving a woman who is trying to stop her husband from receiving medical assistance in dying. The woman is appealing...
Aug 26, 2020