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Better Business Bureau warns online puppy scams surging during COVID-19 pandemic
VANCOUVER - The Better Business Bureau says puppy scams are the latest way fraudsters are taking advantage of lonely, isolated people during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from the Better Business...
May 12, 2020

SD91 passes two motions related to french immersion programming report
VANDERHOOF-Recommendations from a review and report of School District 91's (Nechako Lakes) French programming have been made and community feedback obtained, and have led to the passing of two motion...
May 12, 2020

Canadian National Exhibition cancelled this summer due to COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - The Canadian National Exhibition has been cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual summer spectacle joins a slew of large public events sidelined by the outbreak, which also forced the...
May 12, 2020

Detroit-area residents lift spirits with costumed parades
FERNDALE, Mich. - Sarah Ignash spends her days looking after dogs in normal times. With her business temporarily shuttered because of the coronavirus, though, she's taken to walks on the wild side thr...
May 12, 2020

Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery Sold Out
With less than two weeks until the deadline, the Prince George Spruce Kings announced Monday evening the Show Home Lottery is officially sold out.All 11,000 tickets for the Show Home have been scooped...
May 12, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic creating twice as many challenges for some CFL players
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic is creating plenty of financial uncertainty for CFL players. It has forced the CFL to not only postpone the start of training camps - which were to open ...
May 12, 2020

Coalition decries Canada's 'piecemeal' response to Beijing-sponsored intimidation
OTTAWA - A human rights coalition is calling on Canada to appoint a front-line contact for people and groups enduring harassment and intimidation due to their advocacy and activism on China. The ...
May 12, 2020

Poland's president joins hip-hop challenge to help medics
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's president has recorded a hip-hop video as part of an effort to raise money for the country's health service as it fights the coronavirus pandemic. President Andrzej Duda's re...
May 12, 2020

Feds unveil new COVID-19 stream for provincial infrastructure program
OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the government is setting up a new COVID-19 funding stream out of Ottawa's existing infrastructure programs. It will set aside up to 10 per cent...
May 12, 2020

Bye-bye bears: Calgary Zoo returning pandas to China due to bamboo barriers
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo will be returning two giant pandas on loan from China because the COVID-19 pandemic has caused problems with getting enough bamboo to feed them. Er Shun and Da...
May 12, 2020