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Toronto protesters call for defunding police; damage statues, several arrests
TORONTO - Three protesters were arrested Saturday after supporters of Black Lives Matter threw paint on several statues, including one of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and call...
Jul 18, 2020
Over three dozen senators demand 'open, transparent' inquiry into N.S. shooting
OTTAWA - Over three dozen Canadian senators are calling for an inquiry into the mass shootings that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia in April. The senators say in an open letter today that a transpa...
Jul 18, 2020
Bad news for Hamilton's rivals: Mercedes is getting faster
BUDAPEST, Hungary - The bad news for Lewis Hamilton's traditional rivals at Ferrari and Red Bull is that the dominant Mercedes is getting faster, while another team using its engines is growing in con...
Jul 18, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps reward Canadian midfielder Russell Teibert with new contract
The Vancouver Whitecaps have rewarded Canadian midfielder Russell Teibert with a new contract that runs through 2023 with an option for 2024. The 27-year-old from Niagara Falls, Ont., celebrated his 2...
Jul 18, 2020
Bloc to back Liberals' bill extending wage subsidy, sending money to disabled
OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois says it'll support a bill to extend the federal emergency wage subsidy and make payments to people with disabilities to help with COVID-19 costs when the House of...
Jul 18, 2020
Health experts encourage creativity, social support as bars reopen across Canada
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - After photos of crowded night clubs caught the attention of public health officials, the noisy downtown bar district in St. John's, N.L. was a more controlled scene than usual ...
Jul 18, 2020
Quebec becomes first province to make masks mandatory in indoor public spaces
MONTREAL - Starting today, Quebec becomes the first province in Canada to require mask-wearing in all indoor public places. The new directive, which applies to people aged 12 and older, ...
Jul 18, 2020
Feds order supplies to give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine when its ready
OTTAWA - The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is ready. Procurement Minister An...
Jul 18, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: How the pandemic has changed the way we do medicine
I HAD AN APPOINTMENT with my doctor this week. He was in his office in Vancouver; I was in my house. We met on FaceTime.Actually, I have several doctors. My nurse practitioner takes care of the basics...
Jul 18, 2020
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
ATLANTA - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebr...
Jul 17, 2020
