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Electronic payment, legion masks: poppy campaign adapts to COVID-19
The Royal Canadian Legion is selling non-medical masks and will roll out electronic payment options during this year's poppy campaign, which has been adjusted for the pandemic. Most legion branches wi...
Oct 02, 2020
NDP, Liberal, Green candidates to debate climate change in B.C. election forum
VANCOUVER - The first debate to be announced during British Columbia's election campaign won't be among the leaders, but it will focus on a major issue in the campaign. New Democrat candidate George H...
Oct 02, 2020
Quebec reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time since May
MONTREAL - For the first time since early May, more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Quebec in a 24-hour period. Health officials said today the number of new COVID-19 cases in the provi...
Oct 02, 2020
Feds top up relief fund with $600 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses
OTTAWA - The federal government is adding $600 million to a fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure announced today by Economic Development Minister ...
Oct 02, 2020
Pathologist tells Fredericton murder trial four victims died of gunshot wounds
FREDERICTON - A forensic pathologist who conducted autopsies on the four victims of the 2018 Fredericton mass shooting says they all died from gunshot wounds. Dr. Ken Obenson testified today at the tr...
Oct 02, 2020
Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance
NEW YORK - In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" anthology is an unqualified main event. While many other filmmakers are on hold, the "12 Years a Slave" d...
Oct 02, 2020
Vancouver home sales surge 56.2 per cent to record level in September
VANCOUVER - The real estate market in Vancouver had its best September on record this year in terms of the number of homes sold. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says 3,643 were sold i...
Oct 02, 2020
PBO complains of lack of transparency on $422 billion in federal business support
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Crown corporations have handed out an estimated $422 million in "liquidity support" to businesses since the start of the pandemic. Four Crown corporation...
Oct 02, 2020
Family of Indigenous woman subjected to slurs in Quebec hospital to announce lawsuit
MONTREAL - The family of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital says it will seek justice for her by launching legal proceedings. Members of Joyce Echaquan's famil...
Oct 02, 2020
Prince George RCMP continues search for hit-and-run suspect
PRINCE GEORGE - The investigation into a hit-and-run in Prince George continues.On September 7, Prince George RCMP received a report of a hit-and-run just before 10:30 p.m. along Highway 97 near the i...
Oct 02, 2020