TORONTO - A new survey suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has the majority of Canadians re-thinking how - and where - they want to spend their golden years.  The National Institute on Ageing at Toron...
Oct 14, 2020
MONTREAL - Health officials in Ontario and Quebec are working to limit gatherings and outbreaks, including one at a cycling studio in Hamilton that has now been linked to 69 cases of COVID-19.  A...
Oct 14, 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO - The owner of the world's largest meatpacker pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court on Wednesday to paying nearly $150 million in bribes to top Brazilian officials in exchange for state-...
Oct 14, 2020
RED DEER - The man accused in the violent death of a Red Deer doctor this summer has been deemed fit to stand trial.Deng Mabiour is charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 10 killing of Dr. Walte...
Oct 14, 2020
OTTAWA - Deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo says collecting better data can help in addressing inequalities the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed. Speaking at a virtual public health confe...
Oct 14, 2020
PRINCE GEORGE-A total of 680,309 mail-in ballots have been distributed so far across the province for this year's fall election.According to Elections BC's website, as of Oct.13 at 11:59 p.m, nearly 1...
Oct 14, 2020
VANCOUVER - Michael Baldisimo is the kind of midfielder who shows no fear as he strips opponents of the ball. The young Vancouver Whitecaps player looks composed as he threads passes across a congeste...
Oct 14, 2020
MOSCOW - A trio of space travellers blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, using for the first time a fast-track manoeuvr that allowed them to reach the orbiting outpost in just ...
Oct 14, 2020
VICTORIA-Organizations across B.C. looking to help build safer communities are able to apply for grant program to help them do just that.Applications for the 2020-21 Civil Forfeiture Crime Prevention ...
Oct 14, 2020
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed goaltender Jake Allen to a two-year contract extension. The deal, which kicks in for the 2021-22 campaign, is worth US$2.875 million per season. Montreal ...
Oct 14, 2020