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Budget watchdog says COVID-19 wage subsidy might cost less than predicted
OTTAWA - Canada's official fiscal watchdog says the federal wage subsidy program might cost $14 billion less than the government predicted. A new report today by Parliamentary Budget Office analy...
Aug 13, 2020
Supreme Court won't review disclosure ruling in case of alleged defamation
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a judge's decision to grant author Steven Galloway access to emails between a woman who accused him of sexual assault and staff at the University o...
Aug 13, 2020
Chicken, eggs both go first as feds roll out COVID-19 food surplus program
OTTAWA - More than one million dozen eggs will be redistributed via an emergency federal program designed to help farmers faced with too much food and nowhere to sell it. The $50-million surplus food ...
Aug 13, 2020
Bob Woodward's new Trump book, 'Rage,' due out next month
WASHINGTON - Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about President Donald Trump is titled "Rage" and will be released Sept. 15, less than two months before Election Day, according t...
Aug 13, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Pandemic has taught us that sports are actually important
KAMLOOPS - WHEN IT COMES to professional sports, I confess that, for the most part, I can take them or leave them.I'm the guy who only tunes in to the very last game of the series, or the last two min...
Aug 13, 2020
Gun buyback plan and Sarah Cooper gets Netflix special: In The News for Aug. 13
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. 13. What we are watching in Canada ... Bl...
Aug 13, 2020
Quebec farms facing lost profits and rotting harvests due to migrant worker shortage
MONTREAL - Nineteen-year-old Florence Lachapelle was among hundreds of Quebecers who tried their hand at planting seeds and harvesting produce this summer, replacing migrant workers who were unable to...
Aug 13, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 13
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 13, 2020: There are 120,844 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,813 confirmed (including 5,709 deaths, 53,270 resolved...
Aug 13, 2020
Lives Lost: Woman who performed Shakespeare on the street
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - She had all the makings of a rising star, someone who wrote, directed and acted in her own plays in her 20s and attended one of the country's top drama schools around the same time ...
Aug 12, 2020
Bo Horvat scores twice as Canucks beat St. Louis 5-2 in NHL playoff opener
EDMONTON - Vancouver captain Bo Horvat twice as the Canucks defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues 5-2 Wednesday in their first-round opener. J.T. Miller, Elias Pet...
Aug 12, 2020

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