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Valentino closes Milan Fashion Week with lush live show
MILAN - It's been a season of disruption at Milan Fashion Week. The hybrid live-virtual formula meant anyone from their homes could watch delightful videos like Moschino's marionette fashion show, cre...
Sep 27, 2020

Woman killed in single vehicle rollover near Vanderhoof
VANDERHOOF - A tragic crash near Vanderhoof last night.The BC RCMP says in a release that a single vehicle rollover on Highway 16 at Hillcrest Way just before 6 p.m. claimed the life of a woman in her...
Sep 27, 2020

Handball rule draws widespread ire in penalty-dominated EPL
Jose Mourinho had seen enough. The fulltime whistle had yet to be blown but the Tottenham manager stormed down the tunnel - his head down and hands in his pockets - after seeing his team fall foul of ...
Sep 27, 2020

Parliament Hill security increased after reports of harassment
OTTAWA - The security service charged with protecting Parliament Hill says it is stepping up its presence in the area following several recent reports of harassment. The Parliamentary Protective Servi...
Sep 27, 2020

Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decade
NEW YORK - Toni Morrison is on the list. So are John Green and Harper Lee. And John Steinbeck and Margaret Atwood. All wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the...
Sep 27, 2020

Visits suspended at federal prisons in Quebec to prevent potential COVID spread
MONTREAL - The Correctional Service of Canada says it is suspending visits to federal prisons in Quebec to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. The agency says temporary absences and wo...
Sep 27, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 27
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:55 a.m. EDT on Sept. 27, 2020:There are 152,162 confirmed cases in Canada._ Quebec: 71,005 confirmed (including 5,821 deaths, 60,660 r...
Sep 27, 2020

Fighting erupts between Armenia, Azerbaijan; 16 killed
YEREVAN, Armenia - Fighting erupted anew Sunday between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and a top territorial official said 16 people were kille...
Sep 27, 2020

Locked-up computer systems only part of 'terrifying' ransomware scourge
TORONTO - A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully targeted other companies with clients in governments, health care, ...
Sep 27, 2020

End of CERB means uncertainty for some, new system for others
OTTAWA - In mid-March, Christine Ilott's manager broke some bad news to her: she was losing her job in live theatre as a result of the pandemic. The 47-year-old went home to her basement apartme...
Sep 27, 2020