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Bank of Canada holds rate, forecasts GDP decline of 7.8% this year

The Bank of Canada is holding its key interest rate at 0.25 per cent in response to what it calls the ``extremely uncertain'' economic outlook from the COVID-19 pandemic, and plans to keep it there until the picture improves.In i...

Rajasthan: 59 office bearers of Congress local unit resign, Pilot's supporters burn Gehlot's effigy

A total of 59 office bearers of the Tonk unit of the Congress resigned on Tuesday, after the removal of Sachin Pilot as the Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress chief.Apart from them, Chunnilal Chadwas, the district ...

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331 cases reported in Canada, Alberta showing consistency in increasing number of COVID-19 cases

There are 108,486 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 56,730 confirmed (including 5,633 deaths, 26,025 resolved) Ontario: 36,950 confirmed (including 2,723 deaths, 32,785 resolved) Alberta: 8,912 confirmed (including 163 deaths, 8...

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

British Columbia's top doctor says she's pleased a travel ban between Canada and the United States has been extended but anyone seeing American licence plates north of the crossing should not be quick to judge. Dr. Bonnie Henry s...

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Lucky mistake helps a man win two million dollars

A man in suburban Detroit was given the wrong lottery ticket. But there was no mistake about the result: a $2 million winner.The Michigan Lottery said the man stopped at a gas station in Eastpointe, Michigan, to put air in a tire. He needed change for the air machine and also asked for a $10 Lucky 7's scratch-off ticket."The clerk handed me the $20 ticket by mistake. He offered to exchange it for me but something told me to keep it. I am sure glad I did!" the man said in a statement released Tuesday by the Lottery.The name of the 57 year old man wasn't released. He decided to take a lump sum o...

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75 year old Coquitlam man facing charges related to historical sexual abuse: RCMP

Police say a 75 year old Coquitlam man has been charged following six allegations of historical sexual abuse involving three teenage boys and one young man. In a news release on Tuesday, the RCMP say their investigation began las...

BC Finance Minister forecasting 12.5 billion dollar deficit due to COVID-19

BC Finance Minister Carole James is forecasting the province will run up a 12.5 billion dollar deficit this fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That's a sharp reversal from the balanced budget James predicted before COVID-1...

Victim of Vancouver's latest homicide identified

A 30 year old man has been identified as the victim of Vancouver's latest homicide. Police say the body of Amin Shahin Shakur was found after 11 last night as officers responded to a call behind several small shops in south Vancouver (at Main Street and 48th Avenue.) A statement from police says Shakur does not have an extensive police history and there is no risk to the public. It's Vancouver's eighth slaying this year, with four of the homicides occurring in July, including a stabbing on Canada Day and a double murder in east Vancouver, although arrests have been made in those cases. ...

Nearly 270,000 Conservatives eligible to vote in leadership contest

The national Conservative party says it has 269,469 members eligible to vote in the current leadership race.About 100,000 of those memberships were purchased since the start of the year, when the contest to replace current leader ...