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A year ago, the PBO costed election promises. It prepared the watchdog for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Since the start of the pandemic, parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux's office has been pumping out reports about government finances and emergency aid measures at a pace that is as unpre...
Oct 06, 2020
Panel to announce 2020 Nobel Prize for physics
STOCKHOLM - The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics is being announced Tuesday, an award that has in the past honoured discoveries about the tiniest of particles and the vast mysteries of outer space. A pane...
Oct 05, 2020
Bad break: Patient Yankees clobber Tampa Bay ace Blake Snell
SAN DIEGO - Although Blake Snell was thoroughly frustrated about giving up three homers in his biggest start of the season, the Tampa Bay ace at least had a grudging appreciation for the New York Yank...
Oct 05, 2020
Stanton, Yankees power way to 9-3 win against Rays in opener
SAN DIEGO - Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for New York's fourth home run of the game, and the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3 Monday night in the opener of their AL Divisi...
Oct 05, 2020
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid tests positive for COVID-19
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers say Connor McDavid has tested positive for COVID-19. The NHL team made the announcement on Twitter on Monday night. The Oilers say their team captain is self-quarantinin...
Oct 05, 2020
Biden aims to expand map as Trump recovers from coronavirus
MIAMI - As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Re...
Oct 05, 2020
Two parties say COVID-19 vaccine to be free for all in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The leaders of British Columbia's two major political parties say every person in the province will be eligible to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine once one is approved and available. John ...
Oct 05, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Oct. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:36 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, 2020: There are 168,961 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 79,650 confirmed (including 5,884 deaths, 66,180 re...
Oct 05, 2020
Tk'emlups Kúkpi7 Casimir acclaimed to BC Assembly of First Nations Board of Directors
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlups te Secwpemc Chief Kkpi7 Rosanne Casimir will be taking her leadership to a provincial level, having been acclaimed to the Board of Directors for the B.C Assembly of First Nations....
Oct 05, 2020
Merritt woman arrested for disrupting Trans Mountain worksite near Coquihalla Summit
MERRITT, B.C. - A Merritt woman has been arrested for disrupting construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion near the Coquihalla Summit.According to an RCMP news release, the confrontation t...
Oct 05, 2020
