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CanadaSep 04, 2020

5 found dead after shooting in Ontario home

Police say five people have been found dead and another with serious injuries following an early morning shooting in a home east of Toronto. A spokesman says multiple calls came in around 1:20 a.m. Friday reporting the sound of gunshots from a home in Oshawa, Ontario. Constable George Tudos says four of the deceased are believed to be men and one of them is believed to be a woman, but adds police are waiting on the coroner to confirm ages. A woman also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Investigators believe the shooter is among the dead.
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CanadaSep 04, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 3

There are 130,493 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 62,933 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,615 resolved) Ontario: 42,686 confirmed (including 2,812 deaths, 38,625 resolved) Alberta: 14,310 confirmed (including 242 deaths, 12,653 resolved) British Columbia: 6,041 confirmed (including 210 deaths, 4,644 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,634 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 1,574 resolved) Manitoba: 1,264 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 791 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,085 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,014 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador: 269 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved) New Bru
CanadaSep 03, 2020

One dead, 6 injured after boat crash near Toronto beach

Police say one person died and six others have been injured in a boat crash near Woodbine Beach in eastern Toronto. The Toronto Police Marine Rescue unit says the boat crashed into rocks early this afternoon about 75 metres from shore. Six people were originally believed to be hurt but police say that officers have discovered a seventh person who was injured. They say one person rushed to hospital without vital signs has died of their injuries, three others were also taken to hospital while three were treated on scene.
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CanadaSep 03, 2020

Military members asked to use federal government's COVID-19 tracking app

Canadian Armed Forces members and their civilian colleagues in the Department of National Defence are being strongly encouraged to download the federal government's smartphone application for tracking potential exposure to COVID-19. Chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance and Defence Department deputy minister Jody Thomas say they understand some may have concerns when it comes to privacy and secrecy. But they say the app has been cleared by Defence Department experts and that while installing it is voluntary, using it is one way military personnel and defence officials can help prevent a s
CanadaSep 03, 2020

Tories ask languages czar to probe choice of WE Charity for student program

The federal Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government's choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt toward francophones.Conservative MP Richard Martel alleges in a letter to commissioner Raymond Theberge that the youth group did not have the ability to deliver the multimillion-dollar Canada Student Service Grant program in both of Canada's official languages.Martel, who is making the letter public today, says the Official Languages Act clearly states the government is obliged to ensure any organization c
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CanadaSep 03, 2020

Justin Trudeau takes virtual cross-country tour to Atlantic provinces

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his virtual tour of Canada today, with electronic visits to the Atlantic provinces.He conducted a virtual tour of British Columbia yesterday, meeting with Premier John Horgan and consulting with business and environmental leaders about how to ensure a green economic recovery from the devastating effects of the pandemic.Trudeau is planning to unveil what he promises will be a bold recovery plan in a throne speech re-opening Parliament on September 23th.The speech will be put to a confidence vote, which could result in the defeat of Trudeau's minority Lib
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CanadaSep 03, 2020

499 COVID-19 cases reported in Canada

There are 129,923 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 62,746 confirmed (including 5,764 deaths, 55,515 resolved) Ontario: 42,554 confirmed (including 2,812 deaths, 38,506 resolved) Alberta: 14,180 confirmed (including 242 deaths, 12,535 resolved) British Columbia: 5,952 confirmed (including 209 deaths, 4,605 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,624 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 1,571 resolved) Manitoba: 1,244 confirmed (including 14 deaths, 776 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,085 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,014 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador: 269 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved) New Bru
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CanadaSep 02, 2020

O'Toole names top Tories for Commons roles, with Bergen as deputy leader

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is naming Manitoba MP Candice Bergen his deputy. Bergen was first elected in 2008 and was a junior cabinet minister in Stephen Harper's government. She has been the Tories' House leader, managing the Conservatives' part in moving legislation through the House of Commons. Bergen follows Leona Alleslev, an Ontario MP who resigned as deputy leader in July to back O'Toole's key rival for the leadership, Peter MacKay. O'Toole is naming Quebec MP Gerard Deltell as the Tories' House leader and Richard Martel as his Quebec lieutenant. O'Toole says he plans to nam
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CanadaSep 02, 2020

Health Canada reverses course, will review applications for COVID-19 home tests

Health Canada has reversed course on home test kits for COVID-19, saying it will now review applications for such devices.In June, the department indicated it would not review such applications.But Cole Davidson, a spokesman for Health Minister Patty Hajdu, says that was meant to apply to test kits for diagnosing cases of COVID-19.Due to the evolution of the pandemic since then, he says Health Canada is now considering applications for at-home testing devices for screening purposes.Davidson says Health Canada, which regulates the safety of all medical devices sold in the country, "is open to

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