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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:47 p.m. on April 28, 2020: There are 50,026 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

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Canada's dairy processors to lose $100M if USMCA takes effect in July: Plett

WASHINGTON — The federal government has betrayed Canada's dairy processors by allowing the United States to activate the new North American trade deal on July 1 — a month earlier than the industry was expecting, the Opposition leader in the Senate sa

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Canada pulls off first virtual sitting of MPs with some technical glitches

OTTAWA — About 280 MPs took part Tuesday in Canada's first-ever virtual House of Commons and declared it a success despite numerous technical hiccups.

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Quebec, Ontario chart own paths to post-COVID normalcy as death toll climbs

TORONTO — The country's two largest provinces, with about 80 per cent of Canada's known cases of COVID-19, were taking different approaches to returning to normalcy amid federal projections on Tuesday that thousands more people would likely contract

Apr 28, 2020 4:39 PM Read more >

A look at the lives lost in the April 18-19 Nova Scotia mass shooting

PORTAPIQUE, N.S. — The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home.

Apr 28, 2020 4:16 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia gunman escaped by driving through field after first killings: RCMP

HALIFAX — As police closed in on a killer who had already murdered more than a dozen people in a rural corner of Nova Scotia, the suspect narrowly escaped by driving a replica police car through a field under cover of darkness, the RCMP revealed Tues

Apr 28, 2020 4:09 PM Read more >

Complex challenges mean mandatory COVID-19 vaccine unlikely: experts

OTTAWA — While the government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to develop and test potential vaccines for COVID-19, experts say mandatory vaccination is unlikely given the difficult practical and ethical problems that would entail.

Apr 28, 2020 3:45 PM Read more >

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces have begun to release plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Prince Edward Island The Renew P.E.I.

Apr 28, 2020 2:51 PM Read more >

Spread of COVID-19 slows down, but projections show more deaths expected: Tam

OTTAWA — New models released by the federal government show a pandemic paradox is playing out in Canada as more people die from COVID-19, even as the increase in new cases slows down. Canada's chief public health officer Dr.

Apr 28, 2020 1:17 PM Read more >

Justin Trudeau says mom Margaret Trudeau recovering after apartment fire

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his mother was doing fine Tuesday after a fire at her downtown Montreal apartment sent her to hospital.

Apr 28, 2020 10:30 AM Read more >