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    <title><![CDATA[Canada-U.S. border likely shutting this weekend: PM]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canada-U.S. border is likely to close to non-essential travel by the weekend to fight the spread of COVID-19, and that people should prepare for pandemic-related social-distancing to be the reality for 'weeks or months.']]></description>
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Aiello]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 05:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Foreign affairs minister in self-isolation awaiting results of COVID-19 test]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has announced he has been tested for COVID-19 and is in self-isolation awaiting the results.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        			           <enclosure url="https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4832485.1582923591!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg"><![CDATA[In this file photo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Laid off due to COVID-19? Don't expect government cheques right away]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Workers losing their jobs due to anti-COVID-19 measures may miss a pay cycle or two before the government steps in to help.]]></description>
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Flanagan]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Newfoundland NDP MP Jack Harris is being treated for cancer]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Newfoundland and Labrador MP Jack Harris says he's being treated for cancer. In a news release Thursday, the New Democrat says the diagnosis came after he recently discovered a lump on his neck.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:24:53 -0400</pubDate>
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        			           <enclosure url="https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4860264.1584649404!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg"><![CDATA[NDP MP Jack Harris ask a question during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tory leadership candidate says he's out of the race if deadlines don't move]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Conservative leadership candidate Rudy Husny is calling off his campaign, saying it is just not right to be asking people for money during a public health emergency.]]></description>
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Levitz]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The tax deadline has been extended due to the COVID-19 crisis]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The federal government is giving Canadians more time to file and pay their taxes this year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></description>
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jackie Dunham]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        			           <enclosure url="https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4858104.1584546811!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media about measures the government is taking during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[PM: Canada-U.S. border closing; $27B in direct aid, $55B to businesses]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the Canada-U.S. border will close to all non-essential travel, and that the federal government is prepared to spend $27 billion on direct financial help and $55 billion for mostly tax deferrals in response to the COVID-19 crisis.]]></description>
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Aiello]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        			           <enclosure url="https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4858096.1584546638!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak to the media during a news conference about the COVID-19 virus outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Wednesday March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[What could happen if feds invoke the Emergencies Act to deal with COVID-19?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking into recalling Parliament for a brief period in order to pass urgent measures, including possibly declaring a national emergency over COVID-19. What would enacting the Emergencies Act mean? CTVNews.ca breaks down what to expect.]]></description>
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Aiello]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:23:30 -0400</pubDate>
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        			           <enclosure url="https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4857031.1584479997!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is silhouetted as he speaks to the media about Canada's response to the COVID-19 virus in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld ]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Blair says irregular border crossers screened, isolated]]></title>
    <link>https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/blair-says-irregular-border-crossers-screened-isolated-1.4856850</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has said irregular border crossers are now being screened for symptoms of COVID-19 and placed in 14-day self-isolation. ]]></description>
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cillian O'Brien]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        			           <enclosure url="https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4828644.1582740549!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair speaks with reporters before caucus in West block, Wednesday February 26, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[What happens if Trudeau becomes unable to fulfill the PM's duties?]]></title>
    <link>https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/what-happens-if-trudeau-becomes-unable-to-fulfill-the-pm-s-duties-1.4856330</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The federal government has put in place a national leadership contingency plan in place, should Prime Minister Justin Trudeau become unable to fulfill his duties. If that occurs, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland would become Canada's acting prime minister.
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          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Aiello]]></dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
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