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Reviewing COVID-19 aid to prep for potential second wave: Trudeau [UPDATED]
The latest federal figures show direct spending at just over $174 billion.
Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has been a disaster for Britain
Big-money pledges for schools, housing and infrastructure in an attempt to move on from the pandemic.
Windsor health unit asks for help as more farm workers contract COVID-19
COVID-19 cases on local farms have complicated Windsor-Essex’s transition to the second stage of reopening
Conflicting emotions as France shutters oldest nuclear plant
Germany has long called for the plant to be shut down
Japan to boost space co-operation with U.S. in revised policy
Japan will seek to co-operate with the U.S. in sending astronauts on an American lunar mission
U.S. House adopts bill to make Washington D.C. 51st state; Senate GOP opposes
The bill would create a new state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth
First ministers couldn’t agree on condemning systemic racism in declaration: PM
Trudeau wouldn’t say which premiers weren’t on board
Extradition cases never dropped for political, diplomatic reasons: PM
Since 2008, only 12 cases, nine of them initiated by the U.S., have been discharged or terminated by the justice minister
Ontario proposes new water bottling policies, more municipal power
The planned changes come three years after the former Liberal government enacted a moratorium on new and expanded permits to take water for bottling
BP sells petrochemicals arm to Ineos for US$5B
The move is part of the oil giant’s plan to shift activities to renewable sources of energy
Small business confidence increases slightly in June: CFIB
Many fear future COVID-19 outbreaks could renew closures and interruptions.
Aurora Cannabis co-founder Booth retires from board of directors
Move comes as Steve Dobler, another co-founder of the company, prepares to retire as president and a director.
ASEAN takes position vs China’s vast historical sea claims
Reaffirms that the 1982 UNCLOS is the basis for determining maritime entitlements, sovereignty, jurisdiction over maritime zones.
$300M committed to global COVID-19 fight, PM urged to spend $1.5B
Contribution includes $180 million to address humanitarian issues and $120 million for Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator.
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Tough talk, tariff threats resurface as USMCA readies for its debut
Trump’s “iron fist of zero-tolerance enforcement” aimed at aluminum looms large.
