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RICHMOND, B.C. — The Vancouver Airport Authority is pulling the plug on some major infrastructure projects because it says the ongoing decline in air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic means they are no longer immediately needed.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's party leaders clashed on how to address health care services, education and economic development in a televised debate Wednesday night.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's experiences fighting COVID-19 have led to a $1.6-billion fall pandemic plan that includes more virus testing, contact tracing and a campaign to administer almost two million flu shots, Premier John Horgan said Wednesday.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:18 p.m. EDT on Sept. 9, 2020: There are 134,293 confirmed cases in Canada.

A Statistics Canada study says gay, lesbian, bisexual and other sexual minority people are nearly three times more likely than heterosexuals to experience sexual or physical assault.

OTTAWA — WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-volunteer program for leaving it in financial ruin.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Tory leader says the province's attorney general is in conflict of interest when it comes to setting terms of reference for the public inquiry into the April mass shooting.

FREDERICTON — Another political party in New Brunswick has dropped a candidate for next week's provincial election because of past comments made online.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Derek Sloan, who finished last in the party's recent leadership race, says he has no regrets about his campaign.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden ventured into America's hard-hit manufacturing heartland Wednesday, promising a suite of Buy American tax credits and penalties to fortify his blue-collar bona fides and pry working-class votes away from Donald Trump — measures