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OTTAWA — The federal government is being criticized for not doing enough to help disabled veterans as new figures appear to confirm fears that COVID-19 has made it more difficult for them to apply for financial assistance.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:59 p.m. EDT on Oct. 25, 2020: There are 216,103 confirmed cases in Canada.

WASHINGTON, Wash. — When people in the United States talk about moving to Canada to escape four more years of Donald Trump, it's usually either a punchline or a pipe dream. Ask some of the roughly 800,000 Canadians who live in the U.S.

The next week in Ontario's battle with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial, an infections diseases expert said Sunday after the province reported more than 1,000 daily cases for the first time since the start of the global outbre

OTTAWA — Monday's vote on a Conservative motion to launch an in-depth review of the Liberal government's COVID-19 response highlights a key challenge of pandemic politics: how to hold a government accountable for decisions based on science, when the

A ticket holder in Ontario won Saturday night's $14.2 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The draw's guaranteed $1 million prize also went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 28 will be approximately $5 million.

The New Democrats won a majority government in the British Columbia election on Saturday as voters rewarded John Horgan with a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VANCOUVER — 11:35 Election night is coming to a close in B.C. with the results in four ridings likely to be left undecided until the results of mail-in ballots are known.

Green party leader Sonia Furstenau has been re-elected in her Cowichan Valley riding in the B.C. election. The Canadian Press

The New Democrats have won a majority government in the British Columbia election as voters have given John Horgan a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic.