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Federal scientists predict high wildfire risk across Western Canada
EDMONTON - Federal scientists are predicting a higher than average wildfire hazard for almost the entire country this summer. Their annual forecast says the risk will be highest in early summer i...
May 05, 2020
Mountain bike World Cup race in Quebec cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QUEBEC - The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup event scheduled this summer in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fifth stop on the 2020 World Cup series was set...
May 05, 2020
Trudeau announces $250M aid package for agri-food sector
Just as farmers and ranchers get ready to ramp up operations for the year the federal government is announcing a significant financial aid package.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an emergency ...
May 05, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau pledges $252M for COVID-19 aid to agriculture
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a $252-million aid package for Canada's agriculture and food industries in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says $77 million of that will go to measures to...
May 05, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:12 a.m. Ontario is reporting 387 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 61 more deaths. That brings the provincial total to ...
May 05, 2020
Fiat Chrysler swings to loss as virus hits production, sales
MILAN - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net loss of 1.7 billion euros ($1.84 billion) due to a steep decline in car sales triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, and said ...
May 05, 2020
Family remembers Nova Scotia sailor killed in military helicopter crash
OTTAWA - The family of one of the six Armed Forces members killed in last week's helicopter crash off the coast of Greece is being remembered as a patriotic Canadian who died serving others. Sub-Lt. M...
May 05, 2020
Liberal MP Jim Carr to receive stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer
OTTAWA - Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr is returning to hospital for a stem-cell transplant. He says the treatment for his blood cancer had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pande...
May 05, 2020
Statistics Canada says trade deficit grew to $1.4 billion in March
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's trade deficit grew to $1.4 billion in March as both exports and imports fell due to the COVID-19-related economic slowdown.The agency says the result comp...
May 05, 2020
Play ball: Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The new baseball season began in South Korea on Tuesday with the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball smacking into the catcher's mitt echoing around empty stadiums. ...
May 05, 2020