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Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds

TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...

Jul 07, 2020

Promise of COVID-19 funds to support disabled Canadians remains in limbo

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to provide a $600 payment to disabled Canadians to help with additional costs in the COVID-19 pandemic remains in limbo. The measure was contained in a...

Jul 07, 2020

Conservative stalwart Scott Reid backing newcomer Leslyn Lewis for leadership

OTTAWA - One of the longest-serving Conservative members of Parliament is backing newcomer Leslyn Lewis in that party's leadership race. Ontario MP Scott Reid announced he's endorsing Lewis in the con...

Jul 07, 2020

Bears trying to live with people, but it still isn't enough: study

EDMONTON - Grizzly bears are doing their best to get along with people, but it still isn't enough. Newly published research assessing more than 40 years of data concludes that without large wilde...

Jul 07, 2020

Charities battered by COVID-19 say federal support desperately needed

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is facing growing calls to provide direct support to Canada's charity and non-profit sector as some of the country's best-known and largest organizations say th...

Jul 07, 2020

Provinces pose challenge to Indigenous child-welfare reform: Bellegarde

OTTAWA - National Chief Perry Bellegarde says provincial governments that want to cling to their jurisdiction over child welfare are the biggest barrier to implementing new legislation giving Indigeno...

Jul 07, 2020

Budget officer pegs cost of basic income as calls for it grow due to COVID-19

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says it could cost more than $98 billion to provide almost all Canadians with a basic income for six months beginning this fall. ...

Jul 07, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, July 7

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on July 7, 2020: There are 105,935 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,937 confirmed (including 5,577 deaths, 25,...

Jul 07, 2020

Lawyer says charges against N.S. woman to be dropped in racial profiling case

HALIFAX - The lawyer for a woman who accused Halifax police of racial profiling and physical abuse says charges against her will be dropped today. Santina Rao was facing charges of dist...

Jul 07, 2020

Airline turbulence and more places opening up in Ontario; In The News for July 7

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 July 7 ... What ...

Jul 07, 2020