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LA County restricts in-person dining due to COVID-19 cases
Los Angeles County announced new coronavirus-related restrictions Sunday that will prohibit in-person dining for at least three weeks as cases rise at the start of the holiday season and officials sta...
Nov 22, 2020
New COVID-19 restrictions coming into effect as case numbers soar across Canada
Regions across Canada braced for a host of new public health restrictions on Sunday as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sent case counts soaring from coast to coast.Surging case counts that re...
Nov 22, 2020
Big Brothers Big Sisters hosting video chats with Santa
PRINCE GEORGE - Santa is proving his tech-savvy ways!!Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern BC is providing children across Northern BC with a safe alternative to sitting on Santa's lap. On December 12...
Nov 22, 2020
Government lockdown forces Woodbine Entertainment to end thoroughbred season early
TORONTO - A thoroughbred racing season that was delayed due to COVID-19 is also ending prematurely because of the pandemic. Woodbine Entertainment has announced that Sunday will be the final day of th...
Nov 22, 2020
'I am one of yours forever,' departing Serge Ibaka tells Raptors fans
TORONTO - He may be leaving Toronto, but Serge Ibaka says he'll always be a Raptor. The 31-year-old took to social media Sunday to dole out thanks for his time with the team, saying "the love I have r...
Nov 22, 2020
US Rhodes Scholars chosen virtually for the 1st time
The U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2021 were elected virtually this year for the first time as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe, though that didn't extinguish enthusiasm among the 32 students...
Nov 22, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:03 p.m. EST on Nov. 22, 2020:There are 328,672 confirmed cases in Canada._ Quebec: 132,042 confirmed (including 6,829 deaths, 114,085 r...
Nov 22, 2020
Trudeau joins G20 in promising COVID-19 aid to poor nations, rejecting protectionism
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining fellow leaders at the G20 in a promise to provide more assistance to poor countries battered by COVID-19, including the provision of vaccines for all....
Nov 22, 2020
Canada’s first Indigenous-led coast guard auxiliary patrols B.C.’s rugged coast
VICTORIA - The winds were gusting at 110 kilometres per hour and huge waves were ripping boats from their moorings in Bella Bella, B.C., as a report came in of an overturned vessel with at least one p...
Nov 22, 2020
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
PHILADELPHIA - As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centred o...
Nov 22, 2020