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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John’s. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother’s death. “It was terrible,” she said.

OTTAWA — Facing a looming court-imposed deadline, the federal government will reintroduce Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The government has until Dec.

VANCOUVER — The CEO of a dam operator says there were no alarms to warn a group of people fishing on the banks of the Capilano River in North Vancouver that a deadly torrent of water was heading their way on Thursday.

VANCOUVER — Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a natural gas pipeline in B.C.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:19 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2020: There are 162,666 confirmed cases in Canada.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 7 p.m. British Columbia announced 161 new cases of COVID-19 today and three additional deaths related to the virus. In a statement, provincial health officer Dr.

OTTAWA — Just two days after he was freed, a British diplomat kidnapped by Quebec nationalists told Canadian officials he did not fear being killed in captivity.

WASHINGTON, Wash. — The perils of America's fractured, partisan approach to the COVID-19 pandemic finally caught up Friday with U.S.

JOLIETTE, Que. — The family of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital said Friday it will hit back hard against a racist system it accuses of killing her.

OTTAWA — A bill authorizing new benefits for workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic received royal assent Friday, assuring continued financial support now that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit has come to an end.