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Financial aid for students and Canadian YouTube series; In The News for April 29

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 29 ... --- COVID-19 in Canada ...

Apr 29, 2020 4:04 AM Read more >

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:10 p.m. The City of Toronto says it is closing down one of its child care centres for 14 days after three staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

Apr 28, 2020 8:15 PM Read more >

N.S. sets up help lines for citizens struggling amid mass shooting, pandemic

The Nova Scotia government has activated a roster of psychologists to help address the mental health challenges facing the province's weary population.

Apr 28, 2020 6:15 PM Read more >

'How much can a person take?' Flooding forces 13,000 from downtown Fort McMurray

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Joseph Enverga kept hoping the flooding would slow down or even stop as his apartment lights flickered on and off. The 35-year old was prepared for an evacuation of downtown Fort McMurray, Alta., on Sunday afternoon.

Apr 28, 2020 4:23 PM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:47 p.m. on April 28, 2020: There are 50,026 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Apr 28, 2020 3:51 PM Read more >

Canada's dairy processors to lose $100M if USMCA takes effect in July: Plett

WASHINGTON — The federal government has betrayed Canada's dairy processors by allowing the United States to activate the new North American trade deal on July 1 — a month earlier than the industry was expecting, the Opposition leader in the Senate sa

Apr 28, 2020 3:48 PM Read more >

Canada pulls off first virtual sitting of MPs with some technical glitches

OTTAWA — About 280 MPs took part Tuesday in Canada's first-ever virtual House of Commons and declared it a success despite numerous technical hiccups.

Apr 28, 2020 3:45 PM Read more >

Quebec, Ontario chart own paths to post-COVID normalcy as death toll climbs

TORONTO — The country's two largest provinces, with about 80 per cent of Canada's known cases of COVID-19, were taking different approaches to returning to normalcy amid federal projections on Tuesday that thousands more people would likely contract

Apr 28, 2020 3:39 PM Read more >

A look at the lives lost in the April 18-19 Nova Scotia mass shooting

PORTAPIQUE, N.S. — The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home.

Apr 28, 2020 3:16 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia gunman escaped by driving through field after first killings: RCMP

HALIFAX — As police closed in on a killer who had already murdered more than a dozen people in a rural corner of Nova Scotia, the suspect narrowly escaped by driving a replica police car through a field under cover of darkness, the RCMP revealed Tues

Apr 28, 2020 3:09 PM Read more >