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Ontario predicts COVID-19 health system strain; Quebec mulls school closures

Ontario predicts COVID-19 health system strain; Quebec mulls school closures

New projections suggest Ontario's surging COVID-19 caseload is likely to strain its health-care system to the point where surgeries will be cancelled, while Quebec's premier is raising the possibility of school closures around the holidays and Albert
COVID faceoff: Manitoba hunkering down for second time to fight spread of virus

COVID faceoff: Manitoba hunkering down for second time to fight spread of virus

WINNIPEG — Manitoba matched its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday as business owners feared how they will get through a second period of economic hibernation.
Pandemic spending leaves Quebec with $15-billion deficit for fiscal 2020-2021

Pandemic spending leaves Quebec with $15-billion deficit for fiscal 2020-2021

MONTREAL — For the first time since 2014, the Quebec government expects to run a budget deficit.
N.L. public health has COVID advice for the holiday mummering tradition

N.L. public health has COVID advice for the holiday mummering tradition

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador public health officials have issued advice for those looking to stay COVID-safe while marauding around town with underwear on the outside of their clothes.
Ethics watchdog sends 'letter of concern' to MP who employed sister

Ethics watchdog sends 'letter of concern' to MP who employed sister

OTTAWA — The federal ethics watchdog is expressing concern about a Toronto MP who hired her sister to work in her constituency office.
RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters' rights, watchdog says

RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters' rights, watchdog says

OTTAWA — The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protests in New Brunswick.
First Nation to launch lawsuits against N.S. commercial fishers for alleged damages

First Nation to launch lawsuits against N.S. commercial fishers for alleged damages

INDIAN BROOK, N.S. — A Mi'kmaq First Nation that encountered violence after it opened a self-regulated lobster fishery says it will launch a series of lawsuits against non-Indigenous fishers for alleged damages incurred by its members.
Crown tells sex assault trial Eric Salvail's testimony 'implausible and incoherent'

Crown tells sex assault trial Eric Salvail's testimony 'implausible and incoherent'

MONTREAL — Eric Salvail's testimony was "implausible and incoherent" and should be rejected entirely, the Crown said Thursday, as closing arguments at the ex-TV host's sex assault trial wrapped up in Montreal.
Alek Minassian's 'autistic way of thinking' similar to psychosis, murder trial hears

Alek Minassian's 'autistic way of thinking' similar to psychosis, murder trial hears

TORONTO — A psychiatrist hired by defence lawyers for the man behind Toronto's 2018 van attack found Alek Minassian had an "autistic way of thinking" that was severely distorted, a court heard Thursday.
Sir John A. Macdonald High School near Halifax changing its name to be more inclusive

Sir John A. Macdonald High School near Halifax changing its name to be more inclusive

HALIFAX — The principal of Sir John A. Macdonald High School outside Halifax confirmed Thursday the school's name will be changed because of the role Canada's first prime minister played in developing the residential school system.
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