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SARS was 'dress rehearsal for COVID-19' but Canada failed health-care workers: report

SARS was 'dress rehearsal for COVID-19' but Canada failed health-care workers: report

Canada put health-care workers at risk of contracting COVID-19 and taking it home to their families because it failed to learn lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, a new report says.
Canada suspends Turkish arms exports amid allegations in Armenia-Azerbaijan fight

Canada suspends Turkish arms exports amid allegations in Armenia-Azerbaijan fight

OTTAWA — Canada suspended arms exports to Turkey while it investigates claims that drone-sensor technology created by an Ontario company is being improperly used in renewed fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic

Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA — Some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Monday.
Penticton, B.C., man accused in 4 deaths to plead guilty: defence

Penticton, B.C., man accused in 4 deaths to plead guilty: defence

KELOWNA, B.C. — The lawyer for a man accused in a shooting that left four people dead in Penticton, B.C., says his client plans to plead guilty next week.
Lottery system for popular parent, grandparent visa program reinstated for this year

Lottery system for popular parent, grandparent visa program reinstated for this year

OTTAWA — A popular immigration program that allows people to sponsor their parents or grandparents to come to Canada is reverting to a lottery system.
Canadian orphan in Syrian brought out, but Trudeau says no plan to free others

Canadian orphan in Syrian brought out, but Trudeau says no plan to free others

OTTAWA — A five-year-old Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is on her way to Canada.
Magnitsky sanctions demanded against Iranians in January shootdown of airliner

Magnitsky sanctions demanded against Iranians in January shootdown of airliner

OTTAWA — Families and loved ones of those killed in the shootdown of a passenger jet over Tehran are urging Canada to impose so-called Magnitsky sanctions that would target those directly responsible.
Greens slam other parties for refusing to show 'leader's courtesy' to Annamie Paul

Greens slam other parties for refusing to show 'leader's courtesy' to Annamie Paul

OTTAWA — Former Green leader Elizabeth May slammed the New Democrats Monday for refusing to withdraw their candidate in a coming byelection, arguing doing so would allow the first Black woman elected to lead a federal party in Canada to win a seat.
Human rights groups ask feds for plan to deal with white supremacy in Canada

Human rights groups ask feds for plan to deal with white supremacy in Canada

A coalition of multifaith human rights organizations urged the prime minister Monday to come up with a plan to dismantle white supremacist groups across the country.
Intermittent sentence law unfair to Indigenous accused from remote areas: judge

Intermittent sentence law unfair to Indigenous accused from remote areas: judge

TORONTO — The difficulty Indigenous people in isolated communities have in serving jail sentences intermittently violates their equality rights, a judge has ruled.