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More than 100 COVID-19 cases reported in Quebac, Ontario and Alberta

There are 109,155 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 57,001 confirmed (including 5,646 deaths, 26,097 resolved) Ontario: 37,052 confirmed (including 2,732 deaths, 32,920 resolved) Alberta: 9,114 confirmed (including 165 deaths, 8...

B.C. to get $2.2B in COVID-19 support, Horgan celebrates paid sick leave program

Premier John Horgan says he expects BC will receive nearly two billion dollars from the federal government under a new COVID-19 Safe Restart Agreement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is providing a total of 19-...

21 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C.

BC is reporting 21 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths. The province's death toll stands at 189. The province's top doctor says 2,789 people in BC have recovered from the illness out of 3,170 cases in total. Doctor Bon...

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Pedestrian in critical condition after a crash near Cloverdale neighbourhood

Police say a pedestrian is in critical condition after a crash involving a semi truck in Surrey's Cloverdale neighbourhood this morning. RCMP say they responded to the collision at the intersection of 172 Street and Highway 10 ju...

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WE charity scandal: Deputy PM Freeland says "clearly we made a mistake", but has ``complete confidence'' in Trudeau's leadership

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeated his apology for getting involved in the awarding of a 900 million dollar contract to the WE charity. He says again that he ``deeply regrets'' taking part in discussions about the contrac...

B.C. sets another record with monthly overdose deaths

Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia. The BC Coroners Service says 175 fatalities in June surpassed the previous high of 171 deaths in May. Chief coroner Lisa Lapoin...

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Feds, provinces reach deal on $19 billion in funding for reopening

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. He says the federal govern...

DHS confirms Canada, U.S. extending mutual travel ban into late August

The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to so-called "discretionary" travel like vacations and shopping trips since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the continent in mid-March, an agreement that had been set to expire July 21.The...

Commons finance committee to begin probing WE Charity's volunteering contract

The first of multiple parliamentary investigations of the federal government's aborted deal with WE Charity to run a volunteering program begins this afternoon.The House of Commons finance committee is set to hear from Youth Mini...