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PEI Progressive Conservatives jump to majority status with byelection win

PEI Progressive Conservatives jump to majority status with byelection win

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's governing Progressive Conservatives have won a crucial byelection that will transform their minority government into a slim majority.
Premier urges Albertans to 'up our game' on COVID-19, put lid on house parties

Premier urges Albertans to 'up our game' on COVID-19, put lid on house parties

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says it’s time to “up our game” when it comes to COVID-19 by putting a lid on super-spreader house parties.
'It inhibits me': Teachers open court challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21

'It inhibits me': Teachers open court challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21

MONTREAL — Three teachers opened the court challenge to Quebec's secularism law Monday, testifying that the legislation forces them to choose between their deeply held religious beliefs and their vocations.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Nov. 2, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Nov. 2, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:14 p.m. EST on Nov. 2, 2020: There are 240,263 confirmed cases in Canada.
Manitoba tightens COVID-19 rules as Ontario considers loosening them

Manitoba tightens COVID-19 rules as Ontario considers loosening them

Manitoba weighed imposing a curfew to help contain the spread of COVID-19 while Ontario considered whether to loosen restrictions in some hot spots on Monday, as both provinces continued to see hundreds of new infections.
In an unforgettable year, Americans brace for impact as a seismic election day looms

In an unforgettable year, Americans brace for impact as a seismic election day looms

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No budget yet for Liberals' promise to plant two billion trees by 2030

No budget yet for Liberals' promise to plant two billion trees by 2030

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's massive tree-planting promise from the 2019 election has yet to be allocated a single dime.
Macaroni and breath mints: pandemic puts strange things in N.L. Halloween bags

Macaroni and breath mints: pandemic puts strange things in N.L. Halloween bags

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Boxes of Kraft Dinner. Erasers. A fistful of loose mints. These are just some of the unorthodox treats that landed in kids' trick-or-treat bags in Newfoundland and Labrador this Halloween.
Trial of man accused in death of Indigenous woman struck by trailer hitch begins

Trial of man accused in death of Indigenous woman struck by trailer hitch begins

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The trial of a man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman will hinge on the question of whether evidence proves that his actions contributed to her death, a court in Thunder Bay, Ont., heard Monday.
Blanchet seeks to drive values wedge between Quebec and Trudeau government

Blanchet seeks to drive values wedge between Quebec and Trudeau government

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is intensifying efforts to draw a line separating his party's values from those of the Trudeau Liberals, particularly on the fraught ground of free speech.
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