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VICTORIA — British Columbia's balanced budget has been shattered by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the province forecasting a deficit of $12.5 billion for 2020-21.

OTTAWA — Relatives of a five-year-old Canadian girl stuck in Syria have one question as they head to court in an escalation of a nearly year-long effort to bring the child to Canada: Why won't the government help? The girl known publicly as Amira was

OTTAWA — Canada's deputy public health chief says going inside a bar to have a drink with friends remains a high-risk activity in the era of COVID-19. Dr.

OTTAWA — The federal Conservative party said Tuesday it has 269,469 members eligible to vote in the current leadership race. But the number that actually matters when it comes to who will win the leadership later this summer is 16,901.

MONTREAL — Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair entered not guilty pleas to two counts of sexual assault on Tuesday in relation to allegations dating to 2014.

OTTAWA — Federal opposition parties are demanding to know why the Liberal government created a $900-million program to help students find volunteer positions rather than putting the much-needed funds into an existing summer jobs program.

WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States are now widely expected to extend their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border travel as COVID-19 destroys President Donald Trump's hopes for a quick end to America's public-health nightmare. The Canada-U.

OTTAWA — The federal government's key emergency benefit for workers with jobs hit by the pandemic is "not a permanent solution" to ongoing hardships, a Senate committee says in a report that makes an argument for a guaranteed minimum income.

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