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Province removes physical distancing rules from classrooms
One of the rules initially set in place for Alberta's return to class plan has been lifted. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, quietly signed a health order over the weekend...
Aug 31, 2020
Climate change creating vast new glacial lakes, future flooding risk: research
CALGARY - Meltwater from shrinking glaciers is creating vast lakes that could eventually pose an enormous flooding threat, says newly published research. "Unsurprisingly, we found those...
Aug 31, 2020
N.B. Liberals promise to suspend use of industrial herbicide on Crown land
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers is promising to suspend the provincial government's use of an industrial weed killer on Crown land for four years. Campaigning in Rogersville, ...
Aug 31, 2020
Canada signs deal with Novovax to get 76 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - The federal government has a deal with a third vaccine developer to get access to an experimental COVID-19 vaccine as early as next spring. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Montreal t...
Aug 31, 2020
Business rent-aid program to fall well short of budget, PBO projects
OTTAWA - A federal spending watchdog says a program aiming to providing rent relief to small and medium-sized businesses will cost just under $1 billion this fiscal year. The report this morning from ...
Aug 31, 2020
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee dies at age 84
NEW DELHI - Former President Pranab Mukherjee, a senior leader of India's Congress party who served in multiple Cabinets during five decades in politics, has died. He was 84. Mukherjee had emergency s...
Aug 31, 2020
Lady Gaga dominates at MTV VMAs, The Weeknd wins top award
NEW YORK - Lady Gaga cleaned house at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, while The Weeknd took home the top prize - and both pop stars sent important messages to viewers about the current state of the w...
Aug 31, 2020
The WE papers and a medical profession gender pay gap: In The News for Aug. 31
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 Aug. 31. What we are watching in Canada ... OT...
Aug 31, 2020
From masks to cohorting, a guide to back-to-school rules across the country
Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...
Aug 31, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 31
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EDT on Aug. 31, 2020: There are 127,940 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,352 confirmed (including 5,758 deaths, 55,300 r...
Aug 31, 2020