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Sparkle, dance and postal service infuse Paris Fashion Week
PARIS - From escapism at the disco, to resistance and aggression, even to pondering the importance of the postal service while working from home, designers in Paris have presented divergent creative r...
Oct 02, 2020
Good grief! 'Peanuts' celebrates 70th anniversary with art
NEW YORK - The virus pandemic won't stop Charlie Brown, Snoopy or the "Peanuts" gang from marking an important birthday and they're hoping to raise the spirits of sick kids while they celebrate. The b...
Oct 02, 2020
In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar
BUCHTEL, Ohio - The water, so cold that it nearly hurts, spills relentlessly into a concrete trough from three pipes driven into a hillside near the edge of town. People have been coming to the trough...
Oct 02, 2020
Canadian actor Rick Moranis sucker punched while walking in NYC
NEW YORK - Canadian actor Rick Moranis was sucker punched by an unknown assailant while walking Thursday on a sidewalk near New York's Central Park, a law enforcement official told the Associated Pres...
Oct 02, 2020
Struggling for funds: Breast Cancer Awareness Collection launched by charity
TORONTO-The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and one particular organization says they're struggling to continue to bring awareness to cancer in young women, due to the pandemic.Reth...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. Republicans, Democrats in Canada agree: Expat Americans should vote
TORONTO - Despite the bitter partisan divide racking U.S. politics, there is one thing both Republicans and Democrats living in Canada agree on when it comes to November's presidential election - the ...
Oct 02, 2020
Ottawa Senators swing trade to acquire defeneman Josh Brown from Florida Panthers
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenceman Josh Brown from the Florida Panthers for a fourth-round pick (95th overall) in Tuesday's NHL draft.The 26-year-old Brown had three goals, five ass...
Oct 02, 2020
Trudeau says more compassionate approach to COVID-19 border restrictions is needed
OTTAWA - The federal government is poised to loosen restrictions on who can come into Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has listened to heartbreaking stories of families being ...
Oct 02, 2020
Another possible COVID-19 case at gold mine in Nunavut
Nunavut's chief public health officer says there is another presumptive case of COVID-19 at a gold mine in western Nunavut, bringing the total to eight possible cases.On Monday, Dr. Michael Patterson ...
Oct 02, 2020
B.C. Conservatives announce candidate for Cariboo North
QUESNEL-The B.C. Conservative Party has announced their candidate for Cariboo North.Quesnel resident, Kyle Townsend, will represent the riding. Townsend grew up in Topley, B.C. and has spend the past ...
Oct 02, 2020