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FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 12 ... &nb...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court won't hear a case involving the rights of public-sector workers in Alberta in a labour dispute with that province's government. The high court was deciding whether to h...

BANGKOK - European stocks rose Friday and Wall Street was set to gain on the open after turbulent trading in Asia and a day after the market's worst session in over three decades. Shares rose in Paris...

TORONTO - Three days after the Toronto Raptors played in Utah, the players, coaches and travelling staff have gone into self-isolation amid the threat of COVID-19. The Raptors' 14-day isolation c...

NHL arenas will be dark for the foreseeable future. And when teams can return to the ice is really anyone's guess in the wake of commissioner Gary Bettman's announcement Thursday t...

WASHINGTON - The notes started popping up on Congress' office doors this week. Elbow greetings only. A six-foot radius. And that's for lawmakers who are taking visitors at all. "No offence," read one,...

NANAIMO - A grassroots initiative in Nanaimo is armed with funding to better protect vulnerable neighbourhoods from potential wildfires.The City of Nanaimo received $25,000 to support a series of Fire...

MADRID - Spanish media are reporting that Spain's government will announce Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movement for the nation of 46 million people while declaring a two-week sta...

WASHINGTON - The United States declared a state of emergency Friday as many European countries went on a war footing amid mounting deaths as the world mobilized to fight the widening coronavirus pande...