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COVID-19 threat to First Nations, Inuit communities grows as it eases elsewhere
OTTAWA - The federal government will be under pressure today to explain what it's doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading like wildfire through First Nations reserves and remote Inuit commu...
May 01, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 1, 2020: There are 53,236 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 27,538 confirme...
May 01, 2020

China likes Canada's 'cool head' amid U.S. 'smears' over COVID-19, says envoy
OTTAWA - China's envoy in Ottawa says that while the United States is "smearing" his country over COVID-19, the People's Republic appreciates Canada's "cool-headed" co-operation on battling the pandem...
May 01, 2020

Day 3 of search for 5 Canadian service members after helicopter crashes into sea
OTTAWA - The search for five Canadian service members enters the third day today after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece during a NATO training mission. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jona...
May 01, 2020

Lives Lost: Virus silences angelic voice of WWII evacuee
LISBON, Portugal - After Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and Allied bombs laid waste to Vienna, Hannelore Cruz travelled to Portugal without her parents as a refugee from hunger, cold and post...
Apr 30, 2020

Council settles on lower tax increase
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George homeowners will see a hike in their taxes this year of 1.75%. That was the recommendation of Administration which was charged with the task of reducing the original hike ...
Apr 30, 2020

B.C. Lions trade up to take linebacker Williams with first overall pick in draft
TORONTO - The B.C. Lions ensured Jordan Williams began his CFL tenure with a bang. The Lions opened the CFL draft Thursday night by moving up from No. 3 to first overall in a trade with the ...
Apr 30, 2020

B.C. RCMP issues warning after seizing 1,500 unauthorized COVID-19 tests
RICHMOND, B.C. - Health Canada and the RCMP have seized more than 1,500 unauthorized COVID-19 test kits from a British Columbia resident. Mounties say they were acting on a tip from the Canadian ...
Apr 30, 2020

Queen and Adam Lambert honour global COVID-19 'Champions'
LONDON - Queen and singer Adam Lambert have a message for workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight: "You Are the Champions." Brian May, Roger Taylor and Lambert recently gathered virtually to re...
Apr 30, 2020

Wet'suwet'en agree to deal with government over rights and title
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia say they will sign an agreement with the federal and provincial governments that affirms their ti...
Apr 30, 2020