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A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
May 27, 2020
MPs to gather for first time both virtually and in-person in the Commons
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will make history today as a few dozen of them gather in the House of Commons where they'll be joined by the other 300-odd MPs participating via videoconferenc...
May 27, 2020
'Disturbing' long-term care home report doesn't come as surprise to families
Simon Nisbet is convinced that if he hadn't moved his mother out of her long-term care home, she would never have left alive. He said daily visits to her window at Orchard Villa in Pickering, Ont., le...
May 27, 2020
Key court ruling coming today in Meng extradition case
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court is scheduled to release a key decision today in the American extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Justice Heather Holmes is relea...
May 27, 2020
Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world's children
CHICAGO - These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus. A girl in Australia...
May 26, 2020
Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36
TOKYO - Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation...
May 26, 2020
City Council approves climate change mitigation plan
PRINCE GEORGE-City Council has approved a new strategy aimed at reducing the green house gas emissions in the City.The 2020 Climate Change Mitigation Plan includes updated greenhouse gas emission inve...
May 26, 2020
Kansas governor vetoes limits on her power but loosens rules
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping Republican coronavirus measure that would have limited her power to direct the state's pandemic response but then ceded to local...
May 26, 2020
New Willow River Recreation Site and Trail opens
PRINCE GEORGE - The dream of creating a new recreation site for a local outdoor enthusiast over thirty years ago is finally completed. This week Rick Brine is putting some final touches on the Willow ...
May 26, 2020
Tilray Inc. to close Leamington, Ont., greenhouse over next 6 weeks
NANAIMO, B.C. - Tilray Inc. says it will close a licensed cannabis greenhouse in Ontario, which will save the company millions of dollars a year. The Nanaimo, B.C.-based company says it will close its...
May 26, 2020