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Top court won't hear bid to suspend Quebec's secularism law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not look at whether Quebec's secularism law should be suspended while a full legal challenge of the measure plays out. The law, known as Bill 21, prohibi...
Apr 09, 2020
COVID-19: P.A. passes financial relief measures
Prince Albert city council unanimously passed two new measures aimed at lessening the financial burden of the COVID-19 outbreak on residents at a special council meeting Wednesday night. Individuals a...
Apr 09, 2020 File photo. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance COVID-19 fight, economy: study
Dialing physical distancing measures up and down could be a way of sustaining the long-term fight against COVID-19 while not crushing the economy, a new study from Ontario researchers s...
Apr 09, 2020
16.8M Americans thrown out of work as economic toll rises
NEW YORK - The coronavirus outbreak has thrown at least 16.8 million Americans onto the unemployment rolls in just three weeks, underscoring the terrifying speed with which the crisis has brought worl...
Apr 09, 2020
UK braces for more virus deaths; Johnson reported stable
LONDON - Britons braced Thursday for several more weeks in lockdown as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained stable in a London hospital after three nights in intensive care for treatment of his coron...
Apr 09, 2020
Controls can keep Canadian COVID-19 deaths under 22,000, health agency says
OTTAWA - With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months.The Public Health Agency of Canada says shor...
Apr 09, 2020
Virtual choir brings N.L. students together in song, with cameo from Trudeau
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A "virtual choir" has brought students across Newfoundland and Labrador, along with professional musicians and politicians, together in song during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Newfou...
Apr 09, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:10 a.m. Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is moving to increase its domestic production of personal protective equipmen...
Apr 09, 2020
Iraq appoints third PM-designate, after second withdraws
BAGHDAD - Iraq's intelligence chief was appointed the country's third prime minister-designate in just over a month Thursday after the resignation of the most recent candidate amid political infightin...
Apr 09, 2020
Researchers to study whether plasma of recovered patients can treat COVID-19
MONTREAL - Researchers from across Canada will collaborate on a vast clinical trial to study whether the plasma of recovered patients can be used to treat COVID-19. The study, the largest to date ever...
Apr 09, 2020
