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Shopping centres say meeting Santa will be just as magical for children this Christmas, even if it has to be at a distance of two metres — or via webcam.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador has voted down a motion to hold a leadership review of its leader.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the whopping $60 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. There were also six Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and one of them was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John’s. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother’s death. “It was terrible,” she said.

OTTAWA — Facing a looming court-imposed deadline, the federal government will reintroduce Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The government has until Dec.

VANCOUVER — The CEO of a dam operator says there were no alarms to warn a group of people fishing on the banks of the Capilano River in North Vancouver that a deadly torrent of water was heading their way on Thursday.

VANCOUVER — Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a natural gas pipeline in B.C.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:19 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2020: There are 162,666 confirmed cases in Canada.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 7 p.m. British Columbia announced 161 new cases of COVID-19 today and three additional deaths related to the virus. In a statement, provincial health officer Dr.

OTTAWA — Just two days after he was freed, a British diplomat kidnapped by Quebec nationalists told Canadian officials he did not fear being killed in captivity.