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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, Dec. 8

OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:25 a.m. Ontario is reporting 1,676 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 10 new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister ...

Dec 08, 2020

Raven that was stolen from Montreal-area zoo has been found: executive director

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area zoo says a raven that went missing during a break-in at the property last month has been found. Ecomuseum executive director David Rodrigue says Kola the raven is back home ...

Dec 08, 2020

Future value of Trans Mountain pipeline rests on Liberals' climate plans, PBO says

OTTAWA - A new report from the parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could end up losing money on the Trans Mountain pipeline if it further tightens its climate policy. The federal ...

Dec 08, 2020

Food prices rising and Britain rolls out COVID-19 vaccine: In The News for Dec. 8

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 08, 2020

'Where he belongs:' Bronze tribute to Calgary's wandering turkey in the works

CALGARY - Efforts have begun to immortalize the late Turk Diggler, a wild turkey whose jaunts through several Calgary neighbourhoods delighted many as the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave upended normal...

Dec 08, 2020

Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...

Dec 08, 2020

Psychiatrist set for seventh day of testimony in Toronto's van attack trial

TORONTO - A psychiatrist retained by the defence is set to testify for the seventh straight day at the trial for the man who killed 10 people on a Toronto sidewalk with a rental van. Dr. Alexander Wes...

Dec 08, 2020

Disproportionate impact of COVID-19, UNDRIP legislation on the table at AFN meeting

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is planning to urge the federal Liberal government to do more to deal with the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their communities in a ...

Dec 08, 2020

Pandemic financial pressures deplete finances, spirits as festive season approaches

TORONTO - Pandemic restrictions and financial strain mean Christmas will look different than past years for Tia Cyr and her family, so she enlisted Santa in breaking the news to her son. The Alberta m...

Dec 07, 2020

Police testify at coroner's inquest into 2018 murder of Quebec toddler

QUEBEC - A coroner's inquest into the brutal 2018 murder of a two-year-old girl whose body was found dumped in a garbage can opened Monday with the testimony of the Quebec City police officers who inv...

Dec 07, 2020