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WATCH: Fallen Snowbirds member Cpt. Jennifer Casey remembered in hometown procession
HALIFAX - A procession honouring the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team member who was killed in recent a plane crash made its way through the streets of Halifax Sunday afternoon.The procession ...
May 24, 2020
Federal parties set to resume battle over future of Parliament during COVID-19
OTTAWA - The battle over the future of Parliament in the age of COVID-19 will resume in earnest Monday when a small group of MPs returns to the floor of the House of Commons to argue about the path fo...
May 24, 2020
Ace Canadian esports driver Brooks tearing up the track online during COVID-19
TORONTO - Andrew Brooks could write a travelogue that would make a jet-setting socialite jealous. Paris, Tokyo, New York, Sydney and Monaco - twice - are just some of the desirable loca...
May 24, 2020
Premier says anyone who wants a COVID-19 test will be able to get one
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford announced that asymptomatic people can get tested for COVID-19 on Sunday, as cases continued to mount in Ontario and officials criticized thousands of people crowding in a&...
May 24, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
May 24, 2020
N.S. fire crews continue battling 'out-of-control' Porters Lake blaze
PORTERS LAKE, N.S. - Fire crews continue to battle a blaze they say remains "out of control" in a community east of Halifax. Nova Scotia Lands and Forestry says a wildfire that started Saturday in the...
May 24, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:50 a.m. ET on May 24, 2020: There are 84,081 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 46,838 confirmed (in...
May 24, 2020
Make better use of existing support, Bibeau tells struggling agricultural sector
OTTAWA - Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says farmers and producers aren't making enough use of long-standing agricultural aid programs. Bibeau suggests that's hurting her effort...
May 24, 2020
How N.S. mass shooting could bring law that makes abusers' tactics a crime
HALIFAX - The repeated threats and isolation a Nova Scotia mass shooter allegedly used against his spouse show why such cruelty should be a criminal offence in Canada, experts on d...
May 24, 2020
RCMP facing 'systemic sustainability challenges' due to provincial policing role
OTTAWA - An internal government memo warns the RCMP's costly contract policing obligations across Canada are draining resources from the force's federal duties in areas such as organized crime an...
May 24, 2020