No deaths from COVID-19 in B.C. for a week, but 53 new cases announced Friday

Aug 08, 2020

British Columbia (Canada) Aug 8: It has now been a week since any new deaths from COVID-19 have been announced in B.C., as cases continue...

Toronto man in U.S. ICE custody dies after getting coronavirus

Aug 08, 2020

Toronto (Canada) Aug 8: A Canadian man who contracted the coronavirus while in the custody of U.S. immigration authorities has died, leaving his family shaken...

Trudeau government refuses to support Gov. Gen. Julie Payette while under scrutiny

Aug 08, 2020

Ottawa (Canada) Aug 8: Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland drew a sharp distinction between her support for the office of the Governor General and its...

Canada to impose $3.6B in tariffs in response to Trump's move against Canadian aluminum

Aug 08, 2020

Ottawa (Canada) Aug 8: The federal government will spend one month consulting with Canadians about which U.S. metals products to target with retaliatory tariffs as...

239 salmonella illnesses in Canada now linked to U.S. onions

Aug 08, 2020

Ottawa (Canada) Aug 8: The Public Health Agency of Canada says there are now 239 confirmed cases of Salmonella infections linked to onions imported from...

Premier, education minister defend Ontario's back-to-school plan amid class size concerns

Aug 08, 2020

Toronto (Canada) Aug 8: Premier Doug Ford and his education minister defended Ontario's back-to-school plan on Friday amid concerns about elementary class sizes, saying the...

10 employees at Maple Leaf plant in Brandon test positive for COVID-19

Aug 08, 2020

Manitoba (Canada) Aug 8: Maple Leaf Foods says 10 workers at its pork processing plant in Brandon, Man., have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

S. Korea reports 43 new coronavirus cases; church-linked community infections spreading

Aug 08, 2020

Seoul (South Korea), Aug 8: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases linked with community infections have jumped to the highest level in more than two weeks,...

Construction of roads under PMGSY in full swing in J-K's Baramulla

Aug 07, 2020

Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The construction of roads in Baramulla district under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) scheme has now...