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Milan Fashion: Marni avenges lockdown with global video
Milan Fashion Week continued in disjointed, discombobulated style for the third day on Friday, veering from the physical to the digital, with an uneasy eye fixed on the economic damage wrought by coro...
Sep 25, 2020
Money laundering inquiry delayed over of B.C. election: commissioner
VANCOUVER - The head of B.C.'s money laundering inquiry has delayed the resumption of the hearings because of the B.C. election. Austin Cullen says the hearings will start again on Oct. 26, two ...
Sep 25, 2020
Manitoba makes masks mandatory for Winnipeg as COVID-19 cases surge
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's chief provincial public health officer is making masks mandatory in indoor public spaces in Winnipeg, as cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in the capital city. Dr. Brent Roussi...
Sep 25, 2020
SD57 struggles as student enrollment takes a dive
PRINCE GEORGE-School District 57 (SD57) says it is working to try and minimize the impacts on students and staff, while addressing a budget challenge due to a decline in student enrollment compared to...
Sep 25, 2020
Former Senators head coach Paul MacLean joins Maple Leafs as assistant
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired former Ottawa Senators head coach Paul MacLean as an assistant coach. MacLean led the Senators' coaching staff from 2011-15, guiding them to a 114-90-...
Sep 25, 2020
Macs U18 AAA tournament cancelled
For the last 15 years, the Cariboo Cougars have spent their holidays in Calgary for the annual Macs tournament.However, this year they won't be heading to Alberta at Christmas time as it was announced...
Sep 25, 2020
Desk shortage forces people to get creative about workspaces
NEW YORK - First it was toilet paper. Disinfectant wipes. Beans. Coins. Computers. Now, desks are in short supply because of the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of kids logging onto virtual school this...
Sep 25, 2020
Canada nears end to long, tortuous search for military rescue planes
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's long search for new rescue planes is nearly over as the federal government is formally showing off the first of 16 new aircraft on Canadian soil today. The unveiling a...
Sep 25, 2020
PM Trudeau 'disappointed' by RCMP treatment of Sikh officers over mask issue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is very disappointed that Sikh RCMP officers have been reassigned during the pandemic because their religiously mandated facial hair makes it difficult t...
Sep 25, 2020
Finance Department says federal deficit hit $148.6 billion through July
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $148.6 billion during the first four months of its 2020-2021 fiscal year, the result of unprecedented spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Sep 25, 2020