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RCMP watchdog calls for report deadlines to ensure timely Mountie responses
OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog is calling for statutory timelines to ensure the Mounties respond to complaint findings in a timely way. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP ...
Jul 24, 2020
Health experts tell Ottawa to hurry domestic vaccine funding amid China delays
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is being pressed to approve funding for a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have to line up and wait on a foreign-made pandemic cure. Fo...
Jul 24, 2020
Scheer calls on Trudeau to resign over WE deal
OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign over his role in the controversy involving the We organization. Scheer has previously called for Fi...
Jul 24, 2020
Trump used Huawei CFO as 'bargaining chip' in trade fight with China: documents
VANCOUVER - New court documents accuse the United States president of "poisoning" the extradition case against a Huawei executive being held in Canada. An application to B.C. Supreme Court b...
Jul 24, 2020
Bubbles come to life as NHL reveals restart plans for Toronto, Edmonton
TORONTO - The NHL has unveiled details for hub cities and in-game presentation as it approaches its restart next month in Edmonton and Toronto. In a video released by the league, the NH...
Jul 24, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Annual Montreal F1 race cancelled for 2020 because of COVID-19
MONTREAL - The Canadian Grand Prix has been cancelled for 2020. The annual race in Montreal was postponed from its original June 14 date because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers had hoped to hold ...
Jul 24, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, July 24
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3 a.m. ET on July 24, 2020: There are 112,672 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 58,080 confirmed (including 5,662 deaths, 50,505 resol...
Jul 24, 2020
US new home sales jump 13.8% in June
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose a sharp 13,8% in June, the second straight increase after two months when sales plunged as the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus. The Commerce ...
Jul 24, 2020
Montreal mom expected to be charged in connection with 6-year-old's stabbing death
MONTREAL - The mother of a six-year-old girl who died of stab wounds in an east-end Montreal residence has been arrested and is expected to appear in court today in connection with the incident. Montr...
Jul 24, 2020
Mann Art Gallery hosts three new exhibitions
After months of forced shutdown due to the pandemic, the Mann Art Gallery is back with a bang and three new exhibitions. The gallery reopened on July 14, and acting director/curator, Lana Wilson, told...
Jul 24, 2020
