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Financial aid for students and Canadian YouTube series; In The News for April 29

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 April 29 ... ---...

Apr 29, 2020

Complex challenges mean mandatory COVID-19 vaccine unlikely: experts

OTTAWA - Experts say the likelihood of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine becoming mandatory is slim. That's despite a desire by many Canadians to make sure as many people get vaccinated as p...

Apr 28, 2020

Study on early humans sheds new light on old stories about animals and alcohol

CALGARY - Research is shedding new light on old stories about the relationship between animals and alcohol. University of Calgary anthropologist Mareike Janiak started by asking how ea...

Apr 28, 2020

Spread of COVID-19 slows down, but projections show more deaths expected: Tam

OTTAWA - New models released by the federal government show a pandemic paradox is playing out in Canada as more people die from COVID-19, even as the increase in new cases slows down. Canada's ch...

Apr 28, 2020

Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Officials in Fort McMurray say a 25-kilometre ice jam that caused major flooding and forced about 12,000 people from their homes in the city's downtown is shrinking. B...

Apr 28, 2020

Canada's dairy processors to lose $100M if USMCA takes effect in July: Plett

WASHINGTON - A Conservative senator says Canada's dairy processing industry stands to lose about $100 million if the new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico goes into effect July 1. Sen....

Apr 28, 2020

Canadian MPs meet online in first virtual session of House of Commons

OTTAWA - Canada's first-ever virtual House of Commons is underway with almost 90 per cent of all MPs dialed in. The House of Commons special committee on COVID-19 is meeting via videoconfere...

Apr 28, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:30 a.m. Nova Scotia is reporting three more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the province's total to 27. Health of...

Apr 28, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:41 a.m. on April 28, 2020: There are 49,025 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 24,982 confirmed (inc...

Apr 28, 2020

N.S. sets up help lines for citizens struggling amid mass shooting, pandemic

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has assembled a roster of psychologists to help address the mental health challenges facing the province's weary population. In a release today, the Nova Scotia He...

Apr 28, 2020