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VANCOUVER — When Mary Rose Manzano-Leal called Filipino employees of a coronavirus-stricken meat-packing plant in Alberta last month, the physician says they expressed relief as soon she began speaking their language.

WASHINGTON — Another night of unfettered fury, random violence and hardline police tactics unfurled itself Sunday in the United States under clouds of tear gas, pepper spray and smoke from street fires, including directly beyond the front lawn of the

WINNIPEG — Police say a Winnipeg teen will likely suffer life-altering injuries after being struck in the head with a hammer during an assault that investigators believe was unprovoked.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6 p.m. on May 31, 2020: There are 90,947 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Ottawa is earmarking millions of dollars to promote holiday travel inside Canada as it seeks to help the tourism industry weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

FREDERICTON — Public Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 near Campbellton — in the north of the province — bringing to 12 the number of cases in a cluster in the area. Dr.

Former Bloc Quebecois leader Michel Gauthier has died at age 70 after a battle with lung cancer. “Michel died in the arms of his wife and two children, his soul at peace," Gauthier's family said in a statement on Saturday.

When Kathryn Butler Malette learned her younger sister was diagnosed with COVID-19, she was confronted with a waking nightmare: that her beloved sibling might die alone.

Sarah Sansom didn't think she had any reason to worry when her husband and his uncle ventured into the woods to go moose hunting. Jacob Sansom, 39, and Maurice Cardinal, 57, were found shot to death on a rural road in northern Alberta two months ago.

EDMONTON — Not long after she became a member of Parliament last fall, Heather McPherson was at an event with one of her favourite Olympians.