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Students at St. Francis Xavier University protest wording of COVID-19 waiver

HALIFAX — A group of students, alumni and some staff at St. Francis Xavier University are pushing back against a legal waiver that students are required to sign if they want to return to classrooms in the fall amid a global pandemic.

Jul 13, 2020 4:01 PM Read more >

Diplomat say documents too sensitive to give to Meng's legal team

OTTAWA — The federal government is trying to block Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's access to some documents in her extradition case, arguing in affidavits that disclosing sensitive information would harm national security.

Jul 13, 2020 3:37 PM Read more >

Quebec photographer launches facial recognition lawsuit over RCMP's database use

OTTAWA — A Quebec photographer wants a judge to order the RCMP to destroy all the images of Canadians it obtained through a controversial facial-recognition tool.

Jul 13, 2020 2:54 PM Read more >

Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December, Trudeau says

OTTAWA — The federal government is for the second time extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, this time until at least December.

Jul 13, 2020 2:49 PM Read more >

Trudeau apologizes for not recusing himself from WE decision

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized for not recusing himself from the government's decision to have WE Charity manage a $900-million student-aid program, saying his family's longtime involvement with the organization should have kep

Jul 13, 2020 2:33 PM Read more >

MacKay's campaign says no deal was cut to woo deputy party leader's endorsement

OTTAWA — Peter MacKay's Conservative leadership campaign said Monday the party's deputy leader wasn't promised a similarly high-profile position in the House of Commons in exchange for supporting MacKay for the top job.

Jul 13, 2020 1:35 PM Read more >

Three counts of second-degree murder laid in Langley, B.C., house fire

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. — A 24-year-old man has been charged with the murders of his sister, mother and his mother's common-law partner in a house fire in Langley, B.C., last month. Sgt.

Jul 13, 2020 1:27 PM Read more >

Statistics Canada analysis suggests small hit to inflation from pandemic

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says Canadians' buying patterns changed so much during the COVID-19 pandemic that its measure of consumer inflation went a little wobbly. The agency previously reported that year-over-year inflation declined by 0.

Jul 13, 2020 1:08 PM Read more >

Return of North American economy will negate need for tariffs, PM tells Trump

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Donald Trump to think twice Monday before imposing new tariffs on Canadian aluminum, saying the sector is emerging from the pandemic-induced production stance that prompted the White House to consider

Jul 13, 2020 12:39 PM Read more >

B.C. Indigenous communities closed during pandemic but at economic cost

Indigenous bands along the west coast of British Columbia say their borders will remain closed to tourists and non-residents, despite the economic impact, as they work to raise awareness about the threat COVID-19 poses to their communities.

Jul 13, 2020 11:22 AM Read more >