CANADA
Report into federal election leaders’ debates suggests permanent commission
OTTAWA — The official review of the leaders' debates from the last federal election suggests the organizing body be made permanent, but who gets to participate needs some tweaking. The report of the 2019 Leaders' Debates Commission…
Mother of toddler found dead outside church says she can’t forgive
EDMONTON — The mother of a toddler whose lifeless body was found outside an Edmonton church says she doesn't think she'll ever forgive the people responsible for her son's death. Dalyce Raine's victim impact statement was read at a…
Longtime broadcast editor with ‘commanding’ voice, dead after brief illness
OTTAWA — Richard Avery, a broadcast reporter, editor and "commanding" presence at former Canadian Press subsidiary Broadcast News Ltd. for nearly four decades, has died. He was 76. Avery died on Sunday after a brief illness in Oshawa,…
Bird strike might have caused Snowbird crash, early investigation finds
OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force says it's focusing on a bird strike as the reason a Snowbird plane crashed in British Columbia last month. A preliminary investigation report posted today says a close look at video footage of the…
Trudeau promises to speed $2.2 billion in funding for strapped cities
OTTAWA — The federal government is rushing out $2.2 billion in anticipated infrastructure funding to Canada's cities and while municipal leaders say it might help with a short-term cash crunch, it is not enough to fill the budget hole…
Most federal candidates saw false information as problem, survey suggests
OTTAWA — A newly released survey report suggests nearly two-thirds of candidates in the last federal election felt there was a problem with the spread of false information online. The survey, conducted for Elections Canada by Ekos Research…
Toronto Stock Exchange News
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- TSX hits three-month high on recovery hopes; BoC stands pat
- Canopy Rivers Posts $47M In Cash, CEO 'Optimistic' For 2021
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Internet Archive Sued by Publishers Over Scanning of Books
Four of United States' biggest publishers have sued a digital library for copyright infringement, alleging that the Internet Archive has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public, including such favorites as Toni…
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George Floyd Death Was “Homicide” Caused By “Neck Compression”: Autopsy
Minneapolis, United States: An official autopsy released Monday ruled that George Floyd, the African-American man whose death at police hands set off unrest across the United States, died in a homicide involving "neck compression". George,…
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“Acts Of Domestic Terror”: Trump Condemns US Race Protests
Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was deploying thousands of "heavily armed" soldiers and police to prevent further protests in Washington, where buildings and monuments have been vandalized near the…
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