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Budget officer says federal deficit could top $252 billion
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says that it's likely the federal deficit for the year will hit $252.1 billion as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The figure is an estimate based on the&n...
Apr 30, 2020
Harrison Ford piloting plane that wrongly crosses runway
HAWTHORNE, Calif. - Harrison Ford was piloting a plane that wrongly crossed a runway where another plane was landing, and federal authorities are investigating, officials and a representative for the ...
Apr 30, 2020
Netflix’s ‘The Half of It’ wins Tribeca Film Festival honour
LOS ANGELES - Alice Wu's "The Half of It," a teenage spin on Cyrano de Bergerac, has won the top award from the Tribeca Film Festival. Organizers announced winners Wednesday for the festival, which ha...
Apr 30, 2020
Virus leaves New York City artists in a 'tailspin'
NEW YORK - Dancer and choreographer Netta Yerushalmy has built a career in movement and community. Both are gone now. Her world is still, isolated - and fearful. "Dancers I know are in a muted, depres...
Apr 30, 2020
European economy suffers biggest hit on record amid pandemic
FRANKFURT - The European economy shrank by 3.8% in the first quarter as business activity was frozen by shutdowns aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. It was the biggest drop since stati...
Apr 30, 2020
Update on COVID-19 emergency aid and the CFL in peril; In The News for April 30
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 30 ... ---...
Apr 30, 2020
Toronto Mayor John Tory says he certainly can feel CFL's financial pain
Toronto Mayor John Tory has been in a similar spot to where CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie finds himself today. And just like when he was commissioner during troubling times before the...
Apr 30, 2020
The geography of grief: Portapique saddled with the stigma of mass killing
HALIFAX - For years to come, the village of Portapique, N.S., will likely be defined by tragedy. As the starting point for one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history, the rural enclave on Cobe...
Apr 30, 2020
The people who cared for a COVID-19 patient: How a single case was handled
VANCOUVER - The call came in on an afternoon in March: a patient at a medical clinic in Vancouver complained of chest pains. Paramedic Jeffrey Booton watched the details flash acro...
Apr 30, 2020
The people who cared for him: How a single COVID-19 case moved through the system
VANCOUVER - The call came in on an afternoon in March: a patient at a medical clinic in Vancouver complained of chest pains. Paramedic Jeff Booton watched the details flash across ...
Apr 30, 2020