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Feds short $14B on equalization: PBO

September 3, 2020, 4:25 am

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Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Commons Finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday March 10, 2020. The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has shortchanged provinces on their equalization payments as a result of rules put in place after the last economic crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Feds short $14.5 billion over decade of equalization payments, PBO says

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North American stock markets tumble

September 3, 2020, 4:31 am

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A TSX tote board is pictured in Toronto, on Dec.31, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

S&P/TSX composite down in early trading, loonie also down against U.S. dollar

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Quebec reports 187 new COVID-19 cases

September 3, 2020, 4:39 am

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Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk down Montreal's Sainte-Catherine Street, on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The Quebec government has expressed its concern over an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Quebec reports 187 new COVID-19 cases, three additional deaths linked to virus

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Space agency gets first female president

September 3, 2020, 6:07 am

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The Canadian Space Agency logo is shown in this undated handout photo. The Canadian Space Agency is getting its first female president. Longtime public servant Lisa Campbell has been tapped by the Trudeau government to take the agency's reigns, the first woman to head the organization since it was founded in 1989. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Canadian Space Agency *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Canadian Space Agency gets first female president

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Pearson passengers to be tested for COVID-19

September 3, 2020, 6:22 am

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People leave after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Monday, March 16, 2020. Starting today, international travellers arriving at Toronto's Pearson airport can be tested for COVID-19 as part of a voluntary study to explore the effectiveness of quarantines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Passengers can now be tested for COVID-19 on arrival at Pearson in Toronto

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COVID-19 pushes down non-mortgage debt

September 3, 2020, 6:33 am

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A condo building is seen under construction surrounded by houses in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday March 30, 2018. Credit rating agency Equifax Canada says total consumer debt increased 2.8 per cent to $1.99 trillion in the second quarter despite the economic impact of COVID-19 amid a strong recovery in the housing market. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Consumer debt up 2.8% in second quarter but non-mortgage debt down: Equifax

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One dead, 6 injured in Toronto boat crash

September 3, 2020, 7:48 am

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Six to hospital, including one without vital signs, after Toronto boat crash

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Tories ask languages czar to probe WE deal

September 3, 2020, 7:58 am

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Conservative MP Richard Martel asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. The federal Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government's choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt toward francophones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Tories ask languages czar to probe choice of WE Charity for student program

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Compensation closer over Indigenous welfare

September 3, 2020, 9:34 am

≫ Next: Only two provinces are using Ottawa’s COVID-19 contact tracing app. That will need to change if it’s going to work, experts say

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Children harmed by on-reserve child welfare a step closer to compensation

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Only two provinces are using Ottawa’s COVID-19 contact tracing app. That will need to change if it’s going to work, experts say

September 3, 2020, 10:46 am

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Just two provinces are using the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. “It’s Sept. 3 and we have two provinces online. We could do a lot better,” said Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases physician at Toronto General Hospital.

It’s baffling that so few provinces are using the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, public health experts say, throwing into doubt its effectiveness.

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