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Flooding in Fort McMurray leads to request for military assistance from Ottawa

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Provincial and federal governments say they are ready to help with flooding in northern Alberta as the number of evacuations in Fort McMurray continued to increase Monday.

Apr 27, 2020 4:55 PM Read more >

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 6:40 p.m. B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there's clear evidence that measures being taken to fight the spread of COVID-19 are working.

Apr 27, 2020 4:46 PM Read more >

Conservatives gear up to grill government in modified return of House of Commons

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer laid out Monday the numerous lines of inquiry his party intends to follow this week as a modified version of a House of Commons sitting gets underway.

Apr 27, 2020 3:46 PM Read more >

Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours, Trudeau says

OTTAWA — Thousands of businesses have applied for the federal government's $73-billion wage subsidy program, joining a COVID-19 emergency economic plan that industry groups warn is becoming more complicated the longer businesses stay closed and worke

Apr 27, 2020 3:27 PM Read more >

Ontario, Quebec offer different plans for reopening; Trudeau will not dictate

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Ottawa will help guide, but not dictate, how provinces and territories should start easing COVID-19 restrictions as Canada's two hardest-hit regions offered up starkly different plans for loosening the r

Apr 27, 2020 2:46 PM Read more >

Relatives, legal experts say N.S. should begin work on inquiry into mass killing

HALIFAX — Nova Scotians struggling with the devastating aftermath of a mass shooting are looking for a commitment from the province's leaders to set up a public inquiry to help answer a long list of unanswered questions.

Apr 27, 2020 2:19 PM Read more >

Researchers scramble to inform doctors of COVID-19 risk to LGBTQ

OTTAWA — Researchers at the University of Toronto are rapidly trying to educate health-care workers about the barriers LGBTQ people face to accessing care during the COVID-19 crisis.

Apr 27, 2020 1:18 PM Read more >

Instrument failure, pilot error caused fatal N.W.T. plane crash: TSB

YELLOWKNIFE — Instrument failures, including one before takeoff, compounded by pilot error were behind a fatal airplane crash in the Northwest Territories, says the Transportation Safety Board.

Apr 27, 2020 12:36 PM Read more >

Petition calls for N.S. high school to be named after Mountie killed in rampage

HALIFAX — An online campaign has begun seeking to change the name of a Nova Scotia high school to honour the RCMP officer killed during the shooting rampage that claimed 22 lives in the province earlier this month.

Apr 27, 2020 11:57 AM Read more >

Wage subsidies and crisis lines in crisis ; In The News for April 27

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 27 ... --- COVID-19 in Canada ...

Apr 27, 2020 6:21 AM Read more >