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More than a month after the Canada Revenue Agency took its website offline in the wake of a major cyberattack, the federal tax collection agency won't say when it expects its online services to fully return to normal.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau says former Liberal prime minister John Turner was someone who knew that Canadians had to work hard for democracy and that it should never be taken for granted.

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — Whale watchers in Washington state say they've determined the sex of the new addition to a critically endangered pod of killer whales.

OTTAWA — It was in a recent meeting with child-care experts that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made some heads turn.

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 Sept. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

"The second wave isn't just starting, it's already underway"

OTTAWA — "The prime minister had an opportunity to present a real plan to Canadians, and he didn't do that.

TORONTO — A dramatic tripling of daily new cases of COVID-19 in the past month, mostly among young people, has prompted the prime minister to declare the arrival of the second wave of the pandemic and that Canadians likely won't be able to gather for

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 7:10 p.m. British Columbia announced 91 new cases of COVID-19 today as health officials say the number of infections across the province continues to be too high.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:57 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2020: There are 147,753 confirmed cases in Canada.