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Now Canada's COVID-19 numbers keep rising
Canada remains on a troubling path for new COVID-19 infections as case counts continue to mount, the country's top doctor said on Saturday, November 28, 2020.
Nova Scotia First Nation suspends lobster harvest after sighting of endangered right whales
Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia says it will temporarily close its moderate livelihood lobster fishery after endangered North Atlantic right whales were detected off the province’s southwest coast.
Although reduced, Canada calls U.S. softwood lumber duties 'unfair,' 'unjustified'
The federal government says American duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports continue to be "unfair" and "unjustified," even if they have been reduced.
Canadian government's rent subsidy program for businesses hurt by COVID-19 opens today
Businesses struggling to pay the bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to start applying today, November 23, 2020, for a long-awaited new commercial rent-relief program offered by the federal government.
Trudeau resumes briefings from home as Canada's COVID-19 cases soar
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will amplify his plea for Canadians to stay home as much as possible after alarming new projections for the spread of COVID-19 in Canada are released today, November 20, 2020.
Canada-U.S. border closure extended another month as American COVID-19 cases rise
The Canada-U.S. border is set to remain closed well into December.
Clear communication and coherent policy needed to clear up COVID confusion: experts
Simple, direct messaging from officials is necessary to clear up confusion about shifting public health restrictions amid skyrocketing COVID-19 infections in Canada, experts in health and communications say.
Westcoast Energy fined $40,000 for pipeline blast near Prince George, B.C.
Westcoast Energy has been fined for failing to prevent a fiery pipeline blast northeast of Prince George, B.C., two years ago that led to natural gas shortages in the province through the winter.
Citizens of city south of Montreal protest plan to cull half the deer in city park
Protesters gathered in a city south of Montreal on Saturday, November 14, 2020, to urge their elected officials to reconsider a plan to cull half the deer in a local park in a bid to control overpopulation.
Shell is giving you the option to offset your carbon emissions for two cents per litre
Shell Canada is letting carbon-conscious customers get their two cents in for the environment while filling up at one of its 1,400 stations across Canada.