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CanadaJul 21, 2020

Questions remain after police find body thought to be dad of dead Quebec girls

Many questions remain in the case of a Quebec father whose body was found hours after the funeral for his two young daughters.Provincial police announced on Twitter Monday night they found what they believe is the body of fugitive Martin Carpentier in the area of St-Apollinaire, Que., southwest of Quebec City.Police said it appears Carpentier took his own life, but did not offer further information or say how he'd gone undetected during an intense 10-day manhunt.The discovery came 12 days after Carpentier and his daughters were involved in a car crash on the evening of July 8 in St-Apollinair
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IndiaJul 21, 2020

Over 24 lakh people in 24 districts affected by Assam floods, says ASDMA

The floods in Assam have affected 24 districts, causing damages to 1,09,600.53 hectares of crop area and affecting over 24 lakh people in the state.According to the flood situation report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Monday, the rising water levels have affected a total of 2,254 villages.Earlier on Monday, the increased water flow in the Brahmaputra led to floods in several areas of Dibrugarh.The government has set up 276 relief camps and 192 relief distribution centres across the districts to help the people affected by the floods in the state.Moreover, 113 anim
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CanadaJul 21, 2020

COVID-19 cases again increasing in Alberta, B.C., Ontario and Quebec

There are 111,124 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 57,616 confirmed (including 5,657 deaths, 50,190 resolved) Ontario: 37,739 confirmed (including 2,752 deaths, 33,513 resolved) Alberta: 9,587 confirmed (including 167 deaths, 8,308 resolved) British Columbia: 3,300 confirmed (including 189 deaths, 2,858 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,067 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 1,003 resolved) Saskatchewan: 962 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 802 resolved) Manitoba: 343 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 318 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 262 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 259 resolved) N
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BCJul 21, 2020

B.C.'s top doctor says 'pay attention now' to higher COVID-19 cases

British Columbia's provincial health officer says a higher number of COVID-19 cases over the last three days means the province could experience a rapid rebound of infections after successfully ``bending the curve.'' Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. recorded 102 cases of the virus since Friday because people have increased their contacts by 20 or 30 people in some cases, from a low of three to four, so it's time to ``pay attention now.'' Henry says she's concerned the province is at a ``tipping point'' and it's more challenging for public health workers to do contact tracing when an infected person
CanadaJul 20, 2020

Scheer raises questions on Liberal government being ignorant or corrupt

The federal government is rejecting a Conservative accusation that it was either ignorance or corruption that led the Liberals to briefly award a huge contract to the WE charity. The group had paid members of Justin Trudeau's family for speaking engagements. During question period in the House of Commons, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer pointed to reports that auditors had been concerned while reviewing WE Charity's financials. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland maintained it was civil servants who favoured WE running the 900 million dollar student jobs program. The House of Commons is
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WorldJul 20, 2020

Trump says briefings will return amid surge in Covid-19 cases

US President Donald Trump's coronavirus briefings are coming back starting tomorrow afternoon. That will be a first since late April, when ratings began to slide and Trump mused about the possibility of using disinfectants inside the body to kill the virus. He now says record numbers of people watched the briefings adding that, ``in the history of cable television, television, there's never been anything like it.'' The virus has killed at least 140,000 Americans and is surging again in much of the country.
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BCJul 20, 2020

B.C. implements vaping action plan

The Province is bringing into force regulations to fully implement the Province's leading-edge vaping action plan, which was announced in November 2019.The regulations restrict the content, flavour, packaging, advertising and sale of vapour products in British Columbia.B.C.'s ministries of Health and Education will also establish a provincial youth advisory council to develop, pilot and launch youth-informed strategies to reduce vaping by young people. "We heard from young people across the province that vaping companies are targeting them with a product that poses real and serious health and
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WorldJul 20, 2020

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine produces good early results in U.K.

There have been some minor side effects, but scientists at Oxford University say their experimental COVID-19 vaccine has produced good early results. The study conducted on about one-thousand people prompted a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. Dr. Adrian Hill says the vaccine does well at triggering both arms of the immune system. He says neutralizing antibodies are produced, molecules which are key to blocking infection and that the vaccine also causes a reaction in the body's T-cells which help to fight off the coronavirus.
BCJul 20, 2020

Walmart to build a new distribution centre in Surrey

Walmart Canada is going to build two new distribution centres, one north of Toronto and the other in Surrey, as part of a five-year, $3.5-billion plan.The retailer says it aims to improve service in stores and on the web.Walmart is going to renovate 150 stores, which will create hundreds of construction jobs.It also plans to work with Canadian high-tech companies to develop a system that will let customers use their mobile device to pay for purchases anywhere in the store.
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WorldApr 28, 2025

Exceptional' power outage in Spain and Portugal affects millions of people

A blackout has brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people. The Spanish power distributor calls it ``exceptional and extraordinary." It says restoring power fully could take six to 10 hours. The cause was not immediately clear Monday. Spain's prime minister said a ``strong oscillation'' in the European grid was behind the outage. Train services stopped. Airports, hospitals and emergency services are on backup power. It is the second serious European power outage in less than six weeks.
BCApr 28, 2025

Man dies after car jumps curb, crashes into seven vehicles in Surrey, B.C.

A man has died in a crash involving eight vehicles in Surrey, B.C., after he suffered what investigators believe to be a medical emergency while driving. Police say the crash happened just before noon near the intersection of Fraser Highway and 64 Avenue, where attending emergency responders initially reported the collision. Officers from Surrey Police arrived and found one vehicle had jumped the curb and struck seven unoccupied vehicles parked nearby. Police say a 58-year-old man involved in the collision has died despite life-saving efforts from paramedics and firefighters at the sce
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CanadaApr 28, 2025

Trial begins in former world junior hockey players' sexual assault case

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team has begun today in London, Ont. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault. Jury selection took place last Friday and the prosecution is set to give an overview today of the evidence it expects to show over the course of the trial. The charges against the players relate to an encounter that took place in the city in June 2018,
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CanadaApr 28, 2025

Trump says Canada should become U.S. state as president weighs in on Canadian vote

President Donald Trump weighed in on Canada's election today, repeating his claim that Canada should become a U.S. state. Trump's tariffs and repeated threats of annexation have become a central issue ahead of today's vote. The president posted on social media that Canada could become a 51st state without "an artificially drawn line from many years ago." Trump says Canadians should "elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World." Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the U.S. adminis
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CanadaApr 28, 2025

Youths charged with assault after alleged luring of person on LGBTQ+ dating app

Six teenagers are charged with robbery and assault after allegedly luring an adult to an area of north Edmonton through an LGBTQ+ dating app. Police say they were called last month to the Calder neighborhood, where a person arranged to meet someone from Grindr. Instead, they say the person was met by a group of youths, all between 15 and 16 years old, and allegedly assaulted, struck with blunt objects and robbed. Police identified several suspects and learned the app was used to lure the person under false pretences. Police say the person was brought to hospital with serious in