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Emma McIntosh
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News, Politics
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August 17th 2020
Rumours have swirled about tension between Morneau and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the WE scandal. His resignation comes as Canada faces ongoing threats from COVID-19, which has caused an economic downturn worse than the Great Depression.
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More in today's news
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to name a new finance minister as early as today, August 18, 2020, following the abrupt departure Monday of Bill Morneau.
Joan Bryden
News, Politics
| August 18th 2020
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The debate over hydrogen is a colourful one ranging from green to black.
David McKie
Analysis
| August 18th 2020
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Our lives as Indigenous and especially Indigenous women are in endless danger.
Brandi Morin
Opinion
| August 18th 2020
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Linnaea Farm's seed library will preserve Cortes Island's stock of heritage seeds, but it will also help the local community, and others across Canada, to improve food security and resiliency to climate change.
Rochelle Baker
News, Island Insider
| August 18th 2020
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Paul Stewart cooks a thousand meals a day, none with American onions. That's no small feat: about four per cent of the onions consumed in B.C. are grown in the province. The remainder — 99 million kilograms — are imported, primarily from the United States.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| August 18th 2020
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Health Minister Adrian Dix says the B.C. government will announce stricter penalties this week for those who flout public health rules as COVID-19 cases climb in the province.
Amy Smart
News, Politics
| August 18th 2020
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With only weeks until classes resume, a new survey suggests the majority of Canadian parents plan to send their kids back to school but most would want classes cancelled if there is a new COVID-19 outbreak in their community.
Lee Berthiaume
News, Politics
| August 18th 2020
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The Canada Revenue Agency expects online services to be fully restored by Wednesday, August 19, 2020, after fraudsters used thousands of pilfered usernames and passwords to obtain government services.
Jim Bronskill
News, Politics
| August 18th 2020
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Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is warning that whoever is elected as the new party leader on Sunday, August 16, 2020, must be prepared with robust policy for the West.
Stephanie Levitz
News, Politics
| August 18th 2020
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New Brunswickers will be heading to the polls Sept. 14 after Premier Blaine Higgs on Monday, August 17, 2020, said the province needed stability to face the coming challenges and triggered the first election in Canada since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Kevin Bissett
News, Politics
| August 18th 2020
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From the archives
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Selena Ross
News, Business, Energy
| October 9th 2019
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