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Applications open for government loan program for businesses taking financial hit from COVID-19
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Kathleen Harris
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Canada Child Benefit recipients getting an extra $300 per child this month
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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Police report 2,200 home quarantine checks as Trudeau talks about stricter border measures
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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Live
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Special sitting of House of Commons LIVE
A reduced number of MPs and ministers are in the House of Commons debating the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Analysis
Spelling out the economic recovery options as the world starts to reopen from COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far spelled doom for Canada's economy, and the future looks anything but certain. What will happen next is anyone's guess, but economists think the path forward will probably look like one of a few familiar shapes.
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Peter Armstrong
Business ||
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New U.K. tariff list ramps up urgency of Canada-U.K. trade talks
The United Kingdom has revised its global tariff strategy, laying out for Canada and other trading partners the rates that will apply to their exports as of Jan. 1, 2021 — and in the process, setting out Britain's starting position for future bilateral trade talks.
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Janyce McGregor
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Scheer says he won't renounce U.S. citizenship because he won't be prime minister
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Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
U.S. Navy salvage drone to search for missing Canadian helicopter
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Murray Brewster
Politics ||
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Canada-U.S. border to remain closed for another month as provinces slowly reopen
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Kathleen Harris
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Scheer says Canada has been following 'a policy of appeasement' with China
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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Jason Kenney says Biden would have hard time explaining Keystone XL position to Americans
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Janet French
Canada -Edmonton ||
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Analysis
New advocacy group joins push for green recovery from COVID-19's economic shock
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Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
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Not WHO's place to be skeptical of China, says international development minister
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Emily Haws
Politics |
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Biden says he'd cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit if elected
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Alexander Panetta
World ||
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Analysis
Taxpayers will be on the hook later for today's COVID-19 largesse: Don Pittis
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Don Pittis
Business ||
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Green leadership candidate accuses Elizabeth May of 'consolidating power' in the party
David Thurton
Politics ||
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Cities grappling with COVID-19 costs call for federal, provincial co-operation for emergency aid
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Raisa Patel
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Longer lines, virtual rallies and 17 million pencils: doing politics in a pandemic
Hannah Thibedeau
Politics ||
Former Snowbirds commander, team member confident in safety of plane
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Chad Pawson
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crashes in Kamloops, B.C., killing 1, injuring another
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Andrea Ross
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Rona Ambrose, Canada's former health minister, joins e-cigarette company Juul's board of directors
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
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Barring Taiwan from WHO is a serious health concern, Canada, U.S., and allies say
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Mike Blanchfield
Politics ||
Not so ready-to-pick: Canadian growers left hanging by COVID-19
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Janyce McGregor
Politics ||
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MINORITY REPORT
Small businesses continue to fret as they await details of commercial rent assistance program
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Vassy Kapelos
Politics |
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Analysis
Spending on official residences is a 'warm topic' — and always has been
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Éric Grenier
Politics ||
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Sunday Scrum: Mass layoffs at Air Canada
Politics |
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Trudeau non-committal on airline bailout as Air Canada lays off thousands
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Raisa Patel
Politics ||
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