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Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1

Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1

More than half of Canada's national parks — including Banff in Alberta, Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia — are to reopen June 1.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 27, 2020: There are 86,648 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.
Half of Canadians say governments are hiding something about COVID-19: poll

Half of Canadians say governments are hiding something about COVID-19: poll

OTTAWA — Half of Canadians believe they're not getting the whole truth from their governments about COVID-19, a new poll suggests, and some also believe conspiracy theories about where the novel coronavirus began.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 26, 2020: There are 85,711 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.
Minds behind pandemic predicting algorithm already thinking about future beyond COVID-19

Minds behind pandemic predicting algorithm already thinking about future beyond COVID-19

OTTAWA — The Canadian researcher who was among the first to predict the deadly spread of COVID-19 says the world needs to change the way it monitors for and reacts to disease outbreaks. Dr.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on May 25, 2020: There are 84,699 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.
Liberals' COVID-19 response to agriculture a hard row to hoe for Bibeau

Liberals' COVID-19 response to agriculture a hard row to hoe for Bibeau

OTTAWA — Farmers, growers and producers need to tap into current agricultural support programs to help with the fallout from COVID-19 before any more money can flow from the Liberal government, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on May 24, 2020: There are 83,621 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.
Plastics bans, environmental monitoring get short shrift during pandemic

Plastics bans, environmental monitoring get short shrift during pandemic

OTTAWA — In mid January the British Columbia government announced it was looking at a wide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags to put an end to a piecemeal, city-by-city approach to the problem of plastic pollution.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on May 23, 2020: There are 82,480 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.
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