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VANCOUVER — Fisheries and Oceans Canada has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's Fraser River.

OTTAWA — Canada and Britain say they've signed a deal to keep trade flowing smoothly after the U.K. leaves the European Union at the end of the year.

OTTAWA — Positive news about vaccine delivery won't be enough to give the economy a shot in the arm to start 2021, the Bank of Canada said Wednesday as it kept its key interest rate on hold and warned rising COVID-19 cases in Canada will weigh on nea

The government of the Northwest Territories says it has found COVID-19 in wastewater in Yellowknife. The N.W.T.'s chief public health officer, Dr. Kami Kandola, says this means there is likely an undetected case of COVID-19 in the capital.

OTTAWA — Some asylum-seekers who toiled on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis earlier this year will be able to apply for permanent residency in Canada beginning Dec. 14.

Google Canada says the U.S. election was the top trending search by Canadians on its platform this year.

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 Dec. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. There are 429,035 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 429,035 confirmed cases (71,968 active, 344,200 resolved, 12,867 deaths).

OTTAWA — Economic Development Minister Mélanie Joly says federal marketing strategies might need to shift away from attracting foreign visitors to Canada for the foreseeable future, as COVID-19 keeps suppressing travel.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is poised to consult Canadians on how to go about creating an independent commission to review possible wrongful convictions for criminal offences.