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Health workers report burnout amid second wave, ask public to obey health rules

VANCOUVER — Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.

Dec 10, 2020 11:45 AM Read more >

Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts

TORONTO — Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., an provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from “interfering” with any public road.

Dec 10, 2020 9:40 AM Read more >

Delay in pandemic-related rise in homelessness gives feds time to prevent it: report

OTTAWA — A government-commissioned report says the effect of COVID-19 on the number of homeless people in Canada won't be felt for three to five years, giving policy-makers a chance to prevent the pandemic from putting people on the street.

Dec 10, 2020 6:00 AM Read more >

First ministers meeting and Hanukkah during a pandemic : In The News for Dec. 10

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Dec 10, 2020 2:15 AM Read more >

New effort aims to zero in on illicit dealings tied to online child exploitation

OTTAWA — Canada's anti-money laundering agency is flagging some telltale signs that a financial transaction could be linked to online child sexual exploitation.

Dec 10, 2020 2:00 AM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Thursday Dec. 10, 2020. There are 435,330 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 435,330 confirmed cases (72,336 active, 350,011 resolved, 12,983 deaths).

Dec 10, 2020 2:00 AM Read more >

Woman says she'd clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband

VANCOUVER — Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family members so she can see her husband.

Dec 10, 2020 2:00 AM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. There are 435,330 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 435,330 confirmed cases (72,336 active, 350,011 resolved, 12,983 deaths).

Dec 9, 2020 7:12 PM Read more >

Minks test positive for COVID-19 on B.C. farm where workers sick

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A COVID-19 outbreak at a British Columbia mink farm likely spread from eight workers to some of the animals, says the province's chief veterinarian.

Dec 9, 2020 7:11 PM Read more >

Health Canada approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA — Health Canada approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech Wednesday, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide as early as next Tuesday.

Dec 9, 2020 6:19 PM Read more >