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Committee recommends move to virtual sittings for all Commons business, votes

Committee recommends move to virtual sittings for all Commons business, votes

OTTAWA — An all-party committee is recommending the House of Commons hold additional virtual sittings to conduct all its regular business — including voting — during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Next Conservative leader will get a party ready to win, says Scheer

Next Conservative leader will get a party ready to win, says Scheer

OTTAWA — Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer chuckled Friday when asked if he wishes he had done anything differently during his time at the party's helm. "Well, clearly," he said.
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'One Tough Cookie:' Young survivor of Saskatchewan mass killing getting better

'One Tough Cookie:' Young survivor of Saskatchewan mass killing getting better

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The family of a Saskatchewan couple and their grandson, who were slain in their home nearly seven weeks ago, say the surviving granddaughter is doing well in hospital.
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Freeland won't say if U.S. wants border agreement extended beyond June 21

Freeland won't say if U.S. wants border agreement extended beyond June 21

WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States are both "very comfortable" with their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border travel, but Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland won't say if the Americans want to extend the restrictions beyond June 21.
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COVID-19 cases, deaths rise further; emergency wage subsidies extended

COVID-19 cases, deaths rise further; emergency wage subsidies extended

TORONTO — Amid still rising case counts and further signs of the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that businesses can take advantage of emergency wage subsidies until the end of Augu
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Dalhousie law professors ask premier to launch public inquiry into mass shooting

Dalhousie law professors ask premier to launch public inquiry into mass shooting

HALIFAX — More than 30 faculty members at Dalhousie University's law school have signed a letter urging Nova Scotia's premier to call an independent public inquiry into the shooting rampage that took 22 lives last month.
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Pandemic to push back new climate targets, plastics ban, Wilkinson says

Pandemic to push back new climate targets, plastics ban, Wilkinson says

OTTAWA — Canada's national environment agenda is the latest thing to be upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, as plans for both beefing up national climate targets and banning some plastics are likely to be delayed.
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Immigration will be key in post-pandemic era: Liberal Minister Mendicino

Immigration will be key in post-pandemic era: Liberal Minister Mendicino

OTTAWA — The role immigrant labour is playing to keep the country moving during the COVID-19 pandemic is proof of why robust immigration must continue in the aftermath, federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said Friday.
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Trudeau defends rollout of COVID-19 emergency benefits, U.S. border crossing closures

Trudeau defends rollout of COVID-19 emergency benefits, U.S. border crossing closures

“We made the deliberate choice to get the money out the door to millions of Canadians who needed it and go after – retroactively – people who may have defrauded the system," Prime Minister says.
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Federal COVID-19 wage subsidy to last through summer, Trudeau says

Federal COVID-19 wage subsidy to last through summer, Trudeau says

OTTAWA — A federal wage subsidy for employees in businesses hit hard by COVID-19 will last at least through the summer and the federal government is asking companies to rehire laid off staff — many of whom have received aid from an emergency benefit
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