CANADA
Chicken, eggs both go first as feds roll out COVID-19 food surplus program
OTTAWA — More than 12 million eggs will be redistributed via an emergency federal program designed to help farmers faced with too much food and nowhere to sell it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau…
Feds earmark money to help communities adapt to realities of COVID-19
OTTAWA — The federal government is offering $31 million to help communities find ways to adapt to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the money could be used for everything from…
Health Canada says several kids hospitalized after eating edible pot products
OTTAWA — Health Canada is warning people to do more to keep edible pot products out of the hands of kids. The department says several children wound up in hospital after accidentally eating illegal edibles that looked like…
‘It’s not just about me’: McKenna cites need to protect politicians from threats
OTTAWA — Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says new measures must be taken to protect Canadian politicians from threatening behaviour. Her comments come after police launched an investigation this week into an…
Trudeau, Morneau, Telford must resign, or trigger an election: Blanchet
OTTAWA — The leader of the Bloc Quebecois says if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Katie Telford, the prime minister's chief of staff, don't resign, he will try to trigger an election in October.…
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 12
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:38 a.m. on Aug. 12, 2020: There are 120,516 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,718 confirmed (including 5,697 deaths, 53,135 resolved) _ Ontario: 40,289 confirmed…
Toronto Stock Exchange News
- Touchstone Exploration Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2020 Results and Provides an Operational Update
- Horizonte Minerals Plc: Interim Financial Results for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2020
- Unaudited Results for the three and six month periods ended 30 June 2020
- Newcrest Mining Limited (NCMGF) CEO Sandeep Biswas on Full Year 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
- Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Announces 2020 Second Quarter and Year to Date Financial Results
WORLD
China sentences fourth Canadian to death on drug charges
BEIJING — China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. Ye Jianhui was sentenced Friday…
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Despite ‘perfect storm’ of U.S. discord, America’s truths trump foreign fictions
WASHINGTON — The confluence of a pandemic, a raucous civil-rights movement, an economy on the brink and a stubborn, deeply divided electorate: experts call it a "perfect storm" of conditions in which to sow the…
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Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus At WTA’s Comeback Event In Palermo
A player has tested positive for coronavirus at the WTA Palermo Open, which marks the tennis season's resumption after a five-month break, the WTA and organisers confirmed on Saturday. The competitor, who had no symptoms, withdrew just…
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