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Border jumper leads RCMP on hours long 'float chase' down B.C. river

Border jumper leads RCMP on hours long 'float chase' down B.C. river

GRAND FORKS, B.C. — An American man is in custody after police allege he illegally jumped the border then tried to evade officers by floating down a river in British Columbia. The RCMP say in a news release that officers in Grand Forks, B.C.
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Senate approves bill on wage subsidy, disability payments for COVID-19

Senate approves bill on wage subsidy, disability payments for COVID-19

OTTAWA — The law extending the federal government's emergency wage subsidy for employers hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown made it through the Senate Monday.
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Protests spreading over mass shooting review decision by Ottawa, Nova Scotia

Protests spreading over mass shooting review decision by Ottawa, Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — Protesters gathered at two Nova Scotia locations Monday as family members of mass shooting victims vowed to maintain pressure on Ottawa and the province to hold a full public inquiry into the rampage.
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Meng defence argues document disclosure wouldn't harm Canada's national security

Meng defence argues document disclosure wouldn't harm Canada's national security

OTTAWA — Lawyers for a Huawei executive facing possible extradition to the United States are disputing the Canadian government's claim that it can't release some documents in the case because it would compromise national security.
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Canada Revenue Agency extends tax payment deadline to Sept. 30

Canada Revenue Agency extends tax payment deadline to Sept. 30

OTTAWA — Anyone who owes the federal government taxes will now have until the end of September to pay. The Canada Revenue Agency says the payment deadline has been moved to Sept.
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Canada provides exception for U.S. students planning to study north of border

Canada provides exception for U.S. students planning to study north of border

WASHINGTON — The federal government appears to have relaxed restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border that would have made it impossible for first-year university students from the United States to enter the country.
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Senator urges Ottawa to support Canadian vaccine company awaiting funding

Senator urges Ottawa to support Canadian vaccine company awaiting funding

OTTAWA — An Alberta senator is urging Ottawa to fund a Canadian company so it can develop a domestic COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have wait in a line on a foreign-made pandemic cure.
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Demanding a massacre inquiry and teddy come back:In The News for July 27

Demanding a massacre inquiry and teddy come back:In The News for July 27

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 July 27. What we are watching in Canada ...
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Halifax rally hopes to increase pressure for public inquiry into April massacre

Halifax rally hopes to increase pressure for public inquiry into April massacre

HALIFAX — People are gathering at a Halifax park today to demand a public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shootings. The gathering at Victoria Park comes less than a week after the province unveiled a plan for a panel review into the massacre.
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Vancouver woman pleads for return of stolen teddy bear with late mother's voice

Vancouver woman pleads for return of stolen teddy bear with late mother's voice

VANCOUVER — "I love you, I'm proud of you, I'll always be with you." Those are the words Vancouver resident Mara Soriano would hear in the voice of her mother, who died of cancer last year, when she pressed a button on the paw of a custom teddy bear.
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