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More than 100 more salmonella illnesses in Canada linked to onion recall

07-08-2020 23:42 via cbc.ca

The Public Health Agency of Canada says there are now 239 confirmed cases of salmonella infections linked to red onions imported from the United States.

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239 salmonella illnesses in Canada now linked to U.S. onions

07-08-2020 23:42 via cbc.ca

The Public Health Agency of Canada says there are now 239 confirmed cases of salmonella infections linked to red onions imported from the United States.

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Better ventilation, fewer cellphones called for in federal back-to-school guidelines

07-08-2020 22:23 via cbc.ca

Canada's federal public health agency released guidelines today to advise school administrators as they plan for the reopening of schools in September with the goal of mitigating the spread of coronavirus among students and staff.

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Better ventilation, fewer cell phones called for in federal back-to-school guidelines

07-08-2020 22:23 via cbc.ca

Canada's federal public health agency released guidelines today to advise school administrators as they plan for the reopening of schools in September with the goal of mitigating the spread of coronavirus among students and staff.

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Hand sanitizer recall sparks concern but product still safe and effective when made properly

07-08-2020 22:19 via cbc.ca

Hand sanitizers have come under scrutiny lately with more than 50 brands now recalled by Health Canada. But they're still safe and effective when made and used properly, Canadian experts say.

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Alleged Rideau Hall intruder was well-stocked with ammunition, RCMP documents say

07-08-2020 21:51 via cbc.ca

The man accused in last month's security breach at Rideau Hall was not only allegedly carrying a small arsenal of weapons, but had a significant amount of ammunition, according to newly released RCMP documents.

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What the Beirut blast radius would look like if it occurred in Canadian port cities

07-08-2020 21:32 via cbc.ca

We know from witnesses and reporting that the Beirut explosion earlier this week caused massive damage within about a three-kilometre radius of the blast. What if such an explosion happened in Canada? See how extensive the damage would be in these five port cities.

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Trudeau government refuses to support Gov. Gen. Julie Payette while under scrutiny

07-08-2020 21:12 via cbc.ca

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland drew a sharp distinction between her support for the office of the Governor General and its current occupant in the wake of reporting by CBC News showing unusual spending to meet her demands for privacy.

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Report from Ontario Civilian Police Commission directs Windsor police to address transparency and diversity

07-08-2020 20:29 via cbc.ca

A report released Friday from the Ontario Civilian Police Commission, after a two-year investigation, contains 37 recommendations to the Windsor Police Service and Windsor Police Service Board.

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Report from Ontario Civilian Police Commission directs Windsor police to address gender and racial diversity

07-08-2020 20:29 via cbc.ca

A report released Friday from the Ontario Civilian Police Commission, after a two-year investigation, contains 37 recommendations to the Windsor Police Service and Windsor Police Service Board.

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'This is not a political issue': Sask. education minister stands by no mandatory masks

07-08-2020 19:56 via cbc.ca

Saskatchewan's education minister says the government has ordered six million disposable masks to use in schools, which will be distributed when classes resume this fall, but their use won't yet be made mandatory in schools.

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'Give your head a shake': Ontario premier blasts Trump's new U.S. tariffs

07-08-2020 18:48 via cbc.ca

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's disappointed in the president for potentially compromising a historically strong trade relationship with new U.S. tariffs.

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U.S. slaps sanctions on Carrie Lam, other Hong Kong officials

07-08-2020 18:41 via cbc.ca

The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong officials — including Carrie Lam, the pro-China leader of the government — accusing them of undermining autonomy and restricting freedom of expression and assembly in the former British colony.

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Walmart will require masks in all its Canadian stores starting Aug. 12

07-08-2020 18:36 via cbc.ca

Walmart Canada will require all customers and staff to wear a mask or other type of face covering in its stores nationwide, starting Aug. 12.

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Plane carrying 191 passengers crashes in southwestern India, at least 2 dead

07-08-2020 18:04 via cbc.ca

At least two people were feared dead and 35 injured when an Air India passenger plane crashed in the southern city of Calicut as it came in to land in heavy rain on Friday, police said.

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Plane carrying 191 passengers crashes in southwestern India

07-08-2020 18:04 via cbc.ca

An Air India plane carrying 191 passengers crashed in the southern city of Calicut on Friday and several passengers were injured, an airline spokesperson and television channels said.

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At least 17 dead in plane crash in southwestern India

07-08-2020 18:04 via cbc.ca

At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain near the southern city of Calicut, officials said.

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At least 16 dead in plane crash in southwestern India

07-08-2020 18:04 via cbc.ca

At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain near the southern city of Calicut, officials said.

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At least 15 dead in plane crash in southwestern India

07-08-2020 18:04 via cbc.ca

At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane overshot the runway and broke into two after landing in the southern city of Calicut in heavy rain on Friday, officials said.

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Painting 'en game air': Artists turning to video game landscapes for inspiration during pandemic

07-08-2020 17:23 via cbc.ca

Artists call it painting "en game air" - using the virtual landscapes of video games as a source of inspiration for painters of all levels. And while it has been going on for years, the isolating, quarantine conditions of the pandemic have made this approach to visual art even more popular.

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U.S. added 1.8M jobs in July as recovery from COVID-19 continues, but slowly

07-08-2020 15:08 via cbc.ca

U.S. employment growth slowed considerably in July amid a resurgence in new COVID-19 infections, offering the clearest evidence yet that the economy's recovery from the recession caused by the pandemic was faltering.

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Premier, education minister speak amid criticism of Ontario's back-to-school plan

07-08-2020 15:01 via cbc.ca

Premier Doug Ford and his education minister, Stephen Lecce, are expected to speak to reporters today as the Ontario government defends its back-to-school plan for September.

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Premier, education minister set to speak amid criticism of Ontario's back-to-school plan

07-08-2020 15:01 via cbc.ca

Premier Doug Ford and his education minister, Stephen Lecce, are expected to speak to reporters today as the Ontario government defends its back-to-school plan for September.

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Premier, education minister defend Ontario's back-to-school plan amid class size concerns

07-08-2020 15:01 via cbc.ca

Premier Doug Ford and his education minister continued to defend Ontario's back-to-school plan on Friday, with both unwilling to answer whether they will consider opting for smaller class sizes for elementary students amid concerns voiced by some parents, health professionals and education unions.

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Freeland set to respond to Trump's plan to slap tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports

07-08-2020 14:54 via cbc.ca

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is holding a news conference today to respond to Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports. The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET in Toronto, and CBCNews.ca will carry it live.

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Canada to impose $3.6B in tariffs in response to Trump's move against Canadian aluminum

07-08-2020 14:54 via cbc.ca

The federal government will spend the next month consulting with Canadians about which U.S. metals products to target with retaliatory tariffs as a new trade dispute flares up, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday.

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Canada to impose $3.6B in tariffs in response to Trump's move against Canadian aluminium

07-08-2020 14:54 via cbc.ca

The federal government will spend the next month consulting with Canadians about which U.S. metals products to target with retaliatory tariffs as a new trade dispute flares up, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday.

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Canada added 419,000 jobs in July, but is still 1.3M below pre-COVID-19 levels

07-08-2020 14:48 via cbc.ca

Canada's economy added 419,000 jobs in July and the jobless rate dropped to 10.9 per cent.

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4 more employees at Maple Leaf plant in Brandon test positive for COVID-19: union

07-08-2020 14:36 via cbc.ca

There are four more workers at the Maple Leaf Foods plant in Brandon, Man., who have COVID-19, the union that represents workers says.

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10 employees at Maple Leaf plant in Brandon test positive for COVID-19

07-08-2020 14:36 via cbc.ca

Maple Leaf Foods says 10 workers at its pork processing plant in Brandon, Man., have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The company updated the total number of cases in a statement issued Friday afternoon.

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10 employees at Maple Leaf plant in Brandon, Manitoba, test positive for COVID-19

07-08-2020 14:36 via cbc.ca

Maple Leaf Foods says 10 workers at its pork processing plant in Brandon, Man., have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The company updated the total number of cases in a statement issued Friday afternoon.

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Rescuers in Lebanon recover more bodies days after massive explosion

07-08-2020 12:56 via cbc.ca

Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing nearly 150 people and wounding thousands.

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Canadian woman urges Ottawa to return husband from Bolivia

07-08-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca

Megan Radford has temporarily moved in with her parents in Nova Scotia as she copes with being apart from her husband in Bolivia due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. She's appealing to the government to return him to Canada.

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Assault victim Dafonte Miller to respond to OIPRD report Friday

07-08-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca

A day after its release, assault victim Dafonte Miller is set to publicly respond to a confidential report by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) probing the circumstances surrounding his beating at the hands of an off-duty Toronto cop.

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Assault victim Dafonte Miller responds to OIPRD report Friday

07-08-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca

Assault victim Dafonte Miller says a confidential report by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) shows that former Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders was "kept in the dark" for five months about Miller's beating at the hands of an off-duty Toronto cop.

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Assault victim Dafonte Miller blasts Toronto police after OIPRD report release

07-08-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca

Assault victim Dafonte Miller says a confidential report by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) shows that former Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders was "kept in the dark" for five months about Miller's beating at the hands of an off-duty Toronto cop.

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China sentences 4th Canadian to death on drug charges in 2 years

07-08-2020 10:07 via cbc.ca

China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei.

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'You really want to be prepared': Canadian Hurricane Centre calls for extra storm readiness

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

COVID-19, plus an anticipated "extremely active" hurricane season, are among the reasons why the Canadian Hurricane Centre is encouraging people to be prepared for a major storm before there's one in the forecast.

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Why mail-in ballots are at the epicentre of an electoral storm barrelling toward the U.S.

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The United States is lumbering toward a perfect electoral storm that could test the foundations of a democracy already battered by partisan loathing. At the eye of this storm: mail-in ballots

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Urban beekeeping can be bad for wild bees

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the downside of urban beekeeping and whether 2020 might end up being the hottest year on record.

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The U.S. election won't be resolved on election night. Here's why

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The United States is lumbering toward a perfect electoral storm that could test the foundations of a democracy already battered by partisan loathing. At the eye of this storm: mail-in ballots

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Storage of ammonium nitrate in Canada so tightly regulated that a Beirut-like blast unlikely here

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

There are federal codes and rules around the sale, transportation and storage of ammonium nitrate; it would be an extraordinary regulatory violation to have thousands of tonnes of the chemical languishing unchecked as officials say was done in Beirut.

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Fraudsters create fake Canadian company, steal foreign website to victimize job seekers

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

A Toronto woman thought she had taken all the right steps to avoid a job scam. She didn't know that the company that hired her, which she thought was Canadian, was fake and using a stolen Ukrainian website.

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Extra preparation required for storm season during COVID-19, Canadian Hurricane Centre says

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

COVID-19, plus an anticipated "extremely active" hurricane season, are among the reasons why the Canadian Hurricane Centre is encouraging people to be prepared for a major storm before there's one in the forecast.

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Don't expect the U.S. election to be resolved in 1 night. Here's why

07-08-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The United States is lumbering toward a perfect electoral storm that could test the foundations of a democracy already battered by partisan loathing. At the eye of this storm: mail-in ballots

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Trump issues bans on China's TikTok, WeChat, stoking tension with Beijing

07-08-2020 09:05 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with China's ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messenger app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing.

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How the pandemic is shaping the future of dining

07-08-2020 06:00 via cbc.ca

As provinces loosen COVID-19 restrictions, more restaurants are opening back up, in some capacity, all across Canada. Today, we hear from two restaurateurs about what the shutdown meant for their own businesses and how they think the pandemic will change the way we dine-out for years to come. Robert Belcham is the chef and owner of Vancouver’s Campagnolo, Monarch Burger and Popina Canteen. He’s also the president of The Chefs’ Table Society of B.C. and host of the ‘Mise-E

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The National for August 6th

07-08-2020 03:00 via cbc.ca

The National for August 6: $250,000 spent on privacy demands for the Governor General and she hasn’t moved into Rideau Hall. Plus, the impact of reimposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum.

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X marks the spot: Shipwreck found at P.E.I.'s Lakeside Beach

07-08-2020 01:04 via cbc.ca

People often wander the surrounding coastline of Prince Edward Island looking for shells, sea glass or interesting rocks. But occasionally, people discover something more, revealed by the shifting sands.

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X marks the spot: P.E.I.'s Lakeside Beach home to a newly discovered shipwreck

07-08-2020 01:04 via cbc.ca

People often wander the surrounding coastline of Prince Edward Island looking for shells, sea glass or interesting rocks. But occasionally, people discover something more, revealed by the shifting sands.

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