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CanadaNov 12, 2020

Liberal government announces long-awaited plans to help people living in Hong Kong

The Liberal government is creating a new measure for young people in Hong Kong: a work permit designed to speed up the process toward permanent residency in Canada. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is announcing the long-awaited plans to help people living in Hong Kong, including some 300,000 Canadians, amid the Chinese clampdown on democracy. Mendicino says any Canadian citizens and permanent residents living in the territory can return to Canada at any time and Ottawa will expedite any documents they need. Hong Kong was supposed to operate under a ``one-country, two-systems'' framework
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CanadaNov 12, 2020

New restrictions take effect in Manitoba amid rising COVID-19 cases

The province with the largest per-capita caseload of active COVID-19 infections in the country is imposing new restrictions as of today. Manitoba is shutting down bars, museums and theatres, limiting restaurants to deliveries and curbside pickups and putting a cap on gatherings to five people. The province reported 5,676 active cases yesterday, and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far. Ontario recorded another record number of COVID-19 cases yesterday and Premier Doug Ford's government is set to unveil new modelling numbers later today. Health officials in BC will also unveil their latest
CanadaNov 12, 2020

Canada has diagnosed an average of more than 4,000 COVID-19 cases a day over the past week

The latest figures from the Public Health Agency of Canada say that the country has diagnosed an average of more than 4,000 COVID-19 cases a day over the past week. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the positivity rate on tests has recently hit 5.8 per cent. Canada had more than 41,000 people with active COVID-19 cases at last count Tuesday night. The numbers have kept rising over recent weeks and Tam is repeating her call for Canadians to cut their social contacts, wear masks and wash their hands. Quebec reports 1,378 new COVID-19 cases Quebec is reporting 1,378 new COVID-19 c
CanadaNov 11, 2020

Small gathering in Ottawa for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial

COVID-19 meant a smaller, subdued gathering in Ottawa for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial. But some people did turn out to mark the service and sacrifice of those who have given their lives to defend the country. They watched as Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other dignitaries laid wreaths at the cenotaph. Chief of Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance, told the gathering that Canadian Forces members showed the country what sacrifice means this year when they helped long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec deal with surging COVID-
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CanadaNov 11, 2020

Trudeau says he expects trade deal with UK can be done before 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he expects Canada can make a new trade deal with the U.K. before the calendar hit 2021.Speaking at a digital event hosted by the Financial Times, Trudeau said a deal should be relatively straightforward to manage even as the U.K. lurches toward its official exit from the European Union.Until Dec. 31, Britain remains a member of the EU, and is still bound by the continent's sweeping free-trade deal with Canada on goods and services, known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.Trudeau said he and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson believe
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CanadaNov 11, 2020

Scaled-down COVID-19 ceremonies across Canada to mark Remembrance Day

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging everyone to show their support for veterans by wearing a poppy and watching Remembrance Day ceremonies online today.Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says the acts of reflection, remembrance, and respect don't just happen during parades or at cenotaphs. He says they are emotional acts we will uphold in a year when Canadians are adapting and persevering through challenging times.With COVID-19 cases surging in many provinces, the Royal Canadian Legion is severely scaling back ceremonies and telling people to stay home.
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CanadaNov 10, 2020

Provinces and territories should not hesitate to ask for federal help to fight COVID-19: PM Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces and territories should not hesitate to ask for federal help to fight COVID-19. He says federal supports should make it easier to make decisions about what to shut down or open. Trudeau insists health measures should not be compromised because of economic fears. He says that's how we'd end up with a worse pandemic, more people sick and more businesses harmed. "Government will give 61-million dollars to help Indigenous communities in Manitoba" Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is addressing the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Manitoba. Trudeau says th
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CanadaNov 10, 2020

Manitoba moving under code red restrictions from Thursday

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the province is at a critical point in its fight against COVID-19, and is taking drastic action to curb surging cases. Starting Thursday, non-essential stores across the province will be limited to curbside pickup and delivery. Social and religious gatherings outside immediate household members are banned, and restaurants, museums, theatres and recreational activities must close. Schools will remain open as the province's chief public health officer says they are not a venue for much transmission.
CanadaNov 10, 2020

Murder trial for man accused in Toronto van attack, starts today

More than two years after he drove down a van down a Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 16 others, Alek Minassian is set to go on trial today. The judge has said the case will turn on Minassian's state of mind on April 23rd, 2018, not whether he committed the attack, which he has admitted to in court. The defence is expected to argue Minassian was not criminally responsible for his actions. Hours after the attack, Minassian told police he had done it as retribution against society, because women would not have sex with him.

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BCJul 29, 2025

Coquitlam RCMP announce guilty plea after lengthy firearm related offence investigation

Following a lengthy police investigation into a 2021 shooting incident that occurred in Coquitlam, 36-year-old Sukhdeep Singh Pansal of Delta, British Columbia, has plead guilty to firearms related charges and has been sentenced to 38 months in prison. On January 16, 2021, at approximately 12:05 a.m., Coquitlam RCMP frontline officers responded to a report of shots fired from a high-rise building located in the 600 block of Whiting Way, Coquitlam. A woman was found with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to hospital. The Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team (ERT) ass
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BCJul 29, 2025

North Vancouver RCMP seek public’s help identifying suspect in series of Break and Enters

North Vancouver RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect involved in three separate break and enter incidents. On July 8, 2025, North Vancouver RCMP received a report of a break and enter at a residential building in the 2100 block of Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver. CCTV footage from the building captured a male suspect gaining access at approximately 4:00 a.m. Nothing was stolen, but damage was caused to the property. On July 10, 2025, police received a second report from the same residential building. The suspect entered the premises and stole approximately $600 in c
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BCJul 29, 2025

Seniors advocate says B.C. will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036

A report from British Columbia's seniors' advocate say the province will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036 to meet the demands of an aging society. Dan Levitt's report tabled at the provincial legislature pegs the current shortfall at over 2,000 beds, and predicts the gap will "grow exponentially" over the next decade. It says the number of people waiting for beds has grown significantly in the past 10 years to 7, 212 in 2025, and people are also waiting longer. The average wait time for a long-term care bed had almost doubled to 290 days by 2024, according to the report, whic
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BCJul 29, 2025

VPD investigates strong-arm robbery of senior

Vancouver Police have released video of suspects in the alleged strong-arm robbery of an 84-year-old woman downtown on Sunday. The senior was standing near Homer and West Pender Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. on July 27 when she was approached by a man and woman who accused her of stealing from them. One suspect allegedly took the woman’s cane, while the other tried to take the purse off her shoulder. The senior held on to the purse until another person intervened. The suspects were last seen walking north on Homer Street. “Every indication suggests this senior was targeted because s
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WorldJul 29, 2025

Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September – unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Starmer called ministers together for a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza. He told them that Britain will recognize a state of Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly, “unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term