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Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...
Nov 02, 2020
Austrian police say several injured after gunfire in Vienna
VIENNA - Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital Vienna. Oskar Deutsch, the head of the Jewish community in Vienna,...
Nov 02, 2020
Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
HOUSTON - A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centres established ...
Nov 02, 2020
In Brazil, a parrot puppeteer’s death stirs the nation
RIO DE JANEIRO - In a time of so much loss, it is rare for an individual death to stir a country. And it is extraordinary for national grief to be triggered by the passing of a puppet. But so it was i...
Nov 02, 2020
David Choiniere looks to keep scoring for Forge FC in CONCACAF League play
David Choiniere has made a habit of scoring in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League. And Forge FC hopes the 23-year-old winger from Saint-Alexandre, Que., can rise to the occasion again Tuesday when t...
Nov 02, 2020
Canadian 'Billionaire Donald' rooting for Trump to win again, COVID to lose
LONDON, Ont. - It takes Donald Rosso four minutes to turn into Donald Trump. The 63-year-old from London, Ont., is one of several people around the world who work as impersonators of the United States...
Nov 02, 2020
Manitoba tightens COVID-19 rules as Ontario considers loosening them
TORONTO - Manitoba is looking into imposing a curfew to help contain the spread of COVID-19 as Ontario considers whether to loosen restrictions in some hot spots. Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says...
Nov 02, 2020
Mother killed, and three children in hospital after train and car collide in Rosthern
Rosthern and District Ambulance confirmed a 30-year-old woman is dead, and her three young children are in hospital, following a tragic crash in the community Sunday morning.Around 10 a.m., the car th...
Nov 02, 2020
Melfort Salvation Army to go ahead with Christmas hampers with some slight changes
The Salvation Army will go ahead with Christmas hampers this year but getting registered for the program will look a little bit different due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Registrations for the hampers wil...
Nov 02, 2020
Report: South Dakota official distracted before fatal crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto a highway shoulder where he struck and killed a pedestrian in September, state Secretary of Public...
Nov 02, 2020