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VICTORIA — A British Columbia mayor says his community has embarked on a COVID-19 kindness campaign to counter concerns about animosity after reports of rudeness towards people driving vehicles with out-of-province licence plates.

OTTAWA — The daughter of a Canadian man imprisoned in Cairo for more than a year says her father is at risk of succumbing to COVID-19 unless the government can win his freedom.

GUELPH, Ont. — Police in southwestern Ontario say they didn't inform the public about assault charges against a member of Parliament because the force didn't believe he posed a significant risk to the public.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge struck down the provincial government's attempt to freeze the wages of more than 110,000 public sector workers Thursday, calling the bill enacting the wage freeze unduly harsh and a violation of the Charter of Rights and F

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:31 p.m. on June 11, 2020: There are 97,530 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

OTTAWA — The federal lobbying watchdog is asking for a budget increase to enable her office to modernize the way it registers lobbyists and keeps track of their activities — just as it's seeing a surge in lobbying sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

EDMONTON — The police chief in Alberta's capital says there's racism in Canadian policing, but he worries that any reduction in budgets could lead to a loss of officers and programs brought in to address diversity.

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller delivered a scathing rebuke of Canada's national police force Thursday, saying the Mounties are not immune to systemic racism and that they can and should do better.

OTTAWA — If you are a parent whose friends and family are tired of hearing you vent about the challenges of juggling work and child-rearing during COVID-19, the federal statistics agency wants to be your new sounding board.

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking a judge for the second time to extend the deadline for revising Canada's law on medical assistance in dying.