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Canada, Britain strike new trade, beating Brexit, incorporating expiring EU pact

OTTAWA - Canada and Britain have struck a new trade deal, beating the Dec. 31 Brexit deadline that would have triggered new tariffs on a range of Canadian exports.The interim deal will replace Canada'...

Nov 21, 2020

A long way from lab bench to bedside: Virus experts urge COVID-19 vaccine caution

Despite recent optimism over reported results from COVID-19 vaccine trials, virologists say there is still a long way from lab bench to bedside. "You would think by this stage of the pandemic we would...

Nov 21, 2020

Canada, Britain agree to new trade deal

OTTAWA - Canada and Britain have struck a new trade deal, beating the Dec. 31 Brexit deadline that would have triggered new tariffs on a range of Canadian exports.The interim deal will replace Canada'...

Nov 21, 2020

After COVID-related transplant delays, 16-year-old N.S. girl gets lung transplant

HALIFAX - A teenaged girl who set out with her grandmother and mother last spring on a 1,800-kilometre RV trip to seek her new lungs has received the life-changing operation in an era of COVID-related...

Nov 21, 2020

After COVID-related transplant delays, 16-year-old N.S. girl gets lung transplant

HALIFAX - A teenaged girl who set out with her grandmother and mother last spring on a 1,800-kilometre RV trip to seek her new lungs has received the life-changing operation in an era of COVID-related...

Nov 21, 2020

Vancouver's climate plan 'first 10 steps in a journey of 10,000,' says expert

VANCOUVER - Motorists would have to pay a fee to drive into Vancouver's downtown core under a plan to slow climate change, but one expert says while city council's goals are laudable, they could also ...

Nov 21, 2020

Canada's labour unions could play big role in efforts to avert 'Buy American' rules

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canada's largest private-sector unions could be among those with their hands on the helm next year when the time comes to navigate the shoals of Joe Biden's proposed Buy American ru...

Nov 21, 2020

Trudeau's efforts to bring rivals onside falters in face of new COVID-19 modelling

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's effort to try and bring rivals onside to help communicate the dramatic implications of rising COVID-19 infections appears to have faltered. While Trudeau stood...

Nov 20, 2020

Border officer denies in court that RCMP asked for Huawei exec's phone codes

VANCOUVER - The border officer who led Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's immigration exam before her arrest at Vancouver's airport says he doesn't believe RCMP asked him to collect the passcodes to her ...

Nov 20, 2020

'Hardship is not a new thing': Nunavut fights COVID-19 as cases continue to rise

IQALUIT - It has been just over two weeks since Nunavut declared its first case of COVID-19, but it's still unknown how 84 people were infected so quickly in the territory. Nunavut is home to about 39...

Nov 20, 2020