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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:35 a.m. Ontario says there are 2,655 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today and 89 more deaths linked to the virus. Heal...

Jan 20, 2021

U.S. presidential inauguration day and Tory MP's fate: In The News for Jan. 20

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 Jan. 20 ... What we are watching ... Canadians...

Jan 20, 2021

Conservatives set to vote on MP Derek Sloan's future in the party

OTTAWA - Conservative members of Parliament will vote today on whether one of their own can remain on the party's benches. Derek Sloan is facing potential expulsion from caucus just 15 months after he...

Jan 20, 2021

'End of the road:' Truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash awaits deportation decision

REGINA - A former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has submitted paperwork with reasons why he should not be sent back to India when he gets out of prison. Jaskirat Singh ...

Jan 20, 2021

Bank of Canada to update economic outlook with first rate announcement of 2021

OTTAWA - Canada's central bank will update its economic forecast for the country Wednesday when it announces its interest-rate decision, offering a glimpse into its outlook for COVID-19 recovery. The ...

Jan 20, 2021

All eyes on the United States as Canadians tune in to Joe Biden's inauguration

Canadians will be watching with bated breath as a new U.S. president takes office today. President-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris are to be sworn in at a ceremony in Washington...

Jan 20, 2021

Sighs of relief accompany a sense of unease as Biden era dawns, Trump departs D.C.

WASHINGTON - Relief and apprehension alike are washing over the national capital as Donald Trump finally makes room for Joe Biden at the White House. By the time Biden is sworn in today as the 46th U....

Jan 20, 2021

Expelling Derek Sloan from Conservative caucus not entirely up to Erin O'Toole

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole wants Derek Sloan booted out of his party's caucus but it's not entirely up to him. Here's what needs to happen: Conservative MPs will have to vote on the mat...

Jan 20, 2021

B.C. watchdog says mentally ill children and youth retraumatized in hospital

VICTORIA - One mentally ill youth hospitalized in British Columbia recalls being restrained to a bed and injected with medication as she screamed for her mom while another says drugs turned him into a...

Jan 19, 2021

Maritime senators issue plea for Ottawa to provide financial support to Maritime Bus

OTTAWA - Twenty-one senators from the Maritimes are urging the federal government to provide financial assistance to an inter-city bus service that they say is in financial peril because of the COVID-...

Jan 19, 2021