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The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 11, 2020: — Ontario: 42 confirmed — British Columbia: 46 confirmed, including 1 death — Alberta: 19 confirmed — Quebec: 8 confirmed — New Brunswick: 1 presumptive —
Canadian soldiers safe after deadly rocket attack kills in Iraq: DND

Canadian soldiers safe after deadly rocket attack kills in Iraq: DND

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence reported all Canadian service members safe following a rocket attack on a military base in Iraq Wednesday.
New Brunswick reports Atlantic region's first presumptive case of COVID-19

New Brunswick reports Atlantic region's first presumptive case of COVID-19

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick public health officials are reporting the province's first presumptive case of COVID-19.
Province announces new post-secondary grants

Province announces new post-secondary grants

Post-secondary students in Richmond and the rest of BC are eligible for new provincial grants.
Criminal case against top military judge collapses, charges withdrawn

Criminal case against top military judge collapses, charges withdrawn

OTTAWA — The criminal case against Canada's top military judge has collapsed. The Canadian Armed Forces' top prosecutor announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing all four charges against chief military judge Col.
UNDRIP, COVID-19 key issues for talks with PM and premiers: Indigenous leaders

UNDRIP, COVID-19 key issues for talks with PM and premiers: Indigenous leaders

OTTAWA — Leaders of Canada's three national Indigenous organizations say they plan to turn up the heat on the Liberal government's promise to enact the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples when they meet with Prime Minister Justin Trude
Politics in the time of COVID-19: campaigns in Canada, U.S. pivot amid outbreak

Politics in the time of COVID-19: campaigns in Canada, U.S. pivot amid outbreak

WASHINGTON — The glad-handing, confetti-and-skimmer-hat spirit of North American retail politics is on a collision course with the realities of life in a pandemic.
Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city

Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city

MONTREAL — Doris Hamelin and her husband Rejean Vallee said the restaurants in Rome shut down at 6 p.m. Tuesday and the only place they could find food was the grocery store.
Black boxes from downed Ukrainian flight to be transferred to Kyiv

Black boxes from downed Ukrainian flight to be transferred to Kyiv

OTTAWA — The flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by the Iranian military in January will be arriving in Ukraine in 10 to 14 days, the country's envoy to Canada said Wednesday.
Amnesty International raises Greta sticker in letter to Trudeau, premiers

Amnesty International raises Greta sticker in letter to Trudeau, premiers

CALGARY — Amnesty International says it's not enough for political leaders to condemn a sexually suggestive decal appearing to show teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and they should do more to protect human rights activists.