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Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said about getting kids back to classes.

EDMONTON — Officials hope the frenzy over the Edmonton Oilers online 50/50 draw continues as the hockey team's community foundation holds another game-day raffle for its fans in Alberta.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it plans to join three other provinces in exploring small-scale nuclear technology.

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is telling China that it strongly opposes the death penalty, after a second Canadian was sentenced to death on drug charges by a Chinese court this week.

Some key events in Canada-U.S. trade relations since 2018: May 31, 2018 The U.S announces tariffs of 25 per cent on imports of Canadian steel and 10 per cent on aluminum to take effect the next day.

OTTAWA — Canada's labour market gained 419,000 jobs last month as more parts of the economy were allowed to reopen, Statistics Canada reported Friday, moving past the halfway mark in recouping heavy losses at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will hit back against U.S. tariffs on Canadian aluminum with $3.6 billion in tariffs of our own.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:29 a.m. on Aug. 7, 2020: There are 118,757 confirmed cases in Canada.

BRANDON, Man. — A union representing workers at a meat-processing plant in Manitoba says four more employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

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 Aug. 7. What we are watching in Canada ...