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Good deeds, spirit of sharing spreads amid pandemic panic purchasing
VANCOUVER - While panicked shoppers have been buying stores out of toilet paper and flour stocks, two tables have appeared on streets in the Vancouver area stacked with essential items and a sign that...
Mar 25, 2020
Sentencing to get underway for Kalen Schlatter following murder conviction
TORONTO - A sentencing hearing is set to get underway today for a Toronto man convicted of sexually assaulting and killing a young woman who had been out with a friend. Kalen Schlatter was found ...
Mar 25, 2020
Testing backlog linked to shortage of chemicals needed for COVID-19 test
Regions across Canada are ramping up efforts to identify people with COVID-19 but some labs are facing a backlog due to diminishing supplies of essential chemicals needed for tests. "We all would want...
Mar 25, 2020
Residential tenants, landlords face dilemma as rent comes due on April 1
As the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ripples across Canada, another wave may crest within the week as rent comes due for residential tenants. April 1 is a pressing deadline for tenants...
Mar 25, 2020
Canada to help world's poor cope with COVID-19, amid UN appeal: aid minister
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will spend millions to help the world's most desperate people fight COVID-19 because it is in the country's long-ter...
Mar 25, 2020
Patients bumped by COVID face anxiety, as health system searches for alternatives
HALIFAX - For Canadians awaiting life-changing operations, the novel coronavirus is creating deepening distress as cancellations and delays roll through the public health system. Fifteen-year-old...
Mar 25, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on March 25, 2020: There are 2780 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. - Quebec: 1013 confirmed (including 4...
Mar 25, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 3 a.m. Members of Parliament are close to voting on a deal that would see a unanimous approval for a COVID-19 bill delive...
Mar 25, 2020
Gunmen attack Sikh religious gathering in Kabul, killing 4
KABUL - Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said...
Mar 24, 2020
Asian shares jump after Dow sees biggest gain since 1933
BANGKOK - Shares advanced in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House neared a deal on injecting nearly $2 trillion of...
Mar 24, 2020