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PBO says feds can spend more, but wiggle room has shrunk due to pandemic
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has the wiggle room to add billions more in permanent spending before its finances become unsustainable. Based on the budget offic...
Nov 06, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says economy added 84,000 jobs in Ocrober
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the pace of job growth slowed in October as the economy added 84,000 jobs in the month compared with 378,000 in September. The unemployment rate was 8.9 per cent compar...
Nov 06, 2020
Election vote count enters Day 3 and a star of the lockdown: In The News for Nov. 6
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 Friday, Nov. 6: What we are watching ... PHILA...
Nov 06, 2020
Final count set to begin today in the British Columbia election
VANCOUVER - Elections BC begins the final count today from last month's provincial election. The independent agency says it has received 662,000 certification envelopes containing absentee or mail-in ...
Nov 06, 2020
After bitter campaign and protracted vote count, clarity could finally come today
PHILADELPHIA - His back against the wall, a frustrated Donald Trump is lashing out, spinning an elaborate conspiracy theory as he tries to maintain his grasp on the presidency. Convinced that Democrat...
Nov 06, 2020
First World War letters shed light on Spanish flu that has parallels with COVID-19
Stirred by the onset of COVID-19, Jacqueline Carmichael combed through faded letters from the First World War for mentions of the Spanish flu, finding haunting similarities to today as lives were chan...
Nov 06, 2020
Biden sees path to 270; Trump attacks election integrity
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week's election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gained ...
Nov 06, 2020
German police raid homes of people linked to Vienna attacker
BERLIN - German police have raided the homes and businesses of four people linked to the Islamic State sympathizer who carried out a deadly attack in Vienna this week. Federal police said Friday that ...
Nov 06, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump fabricates election corruption
WASHINGTON - Citing "horror stories," President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of fabricated accusations Thursday in an audacious attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. election. Standing b...
Nov 05, 2020
Australia inquiry says police should guard hotel quarantine
MELBOURNE, Australia - Overseas travellers should be quarantined in hotels guarded by police, an inquiry into an Australian city's bungled quarantine program reported on Friday. The Victoria state gov...
Nov 05, 2020