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FIFA visits Toronto this week to hold 2026 World Cup candidate city workshops
TORONTO - The next step in the host city selection process for the 2026 World Cup takes place Thursday when FIFA representatives meet with the Canadian Soccer Association and representatives from...
Mar 09, 2020

Man dies from coronavirus in B.C. care centre
VANCOUER, B.C. - British Columbia health officials say a man has died of the new coronavirus at a care centre in North Vancouver.The death at the Lynn Valley care centre is believed to be the first CO...
Mar 09, 2020

New coronavirus causes cancellation of women's world hockey championship
A women's world hockey championship has been wiped out by disease for a second time, with host Canada the loser of this year's tournament. The International Ice Hockey Federation cancelled the 10...
Mar 09, 2020

Trainers, vets, others charged in horse-drugging scheme
More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities described Monday as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them ...
Mar 09, 2020

Several lawmakers had contact with man at CPAC who got virus
WASHINGTON - The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that "several" members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed COVID-...
Mar 09, 2020

Saskatchewan teachers to implement sanctions starting Thursday
The province's teachers are to begin withholding services starting Thursday.It's the latest step in the labour dispute between the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) and the provincial government...
Mar 09, 2020 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

Kalen Schlatter testifies he did not kill or sexually assault Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman says she was alive when he left her following a consensual sexual encounter. Kalen Schlatter, 23, took the stan...
Mar 09, 2020

Feds told to ease EI, use tax credits in spending to ease COVID-19 economic shock
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are being urged to ease access to federal sick leave benefits, along with tax credits and other breaks, to help workers and businesses deal with the economic impacts...
Mar 09, 2020

Aircraft breakdowns, refuelling problems hit military search-and-rescue missions
OTTAWA - A new Department of National Defence report says military search-and-rescue personnel were delayed and in some cases unable to provide emergency assistance on about one in 20 of the...
Mar 09, 2020

Trump 5G adviser meets feds in Ottawa amid pending decision on Huawei
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration adviser on telecommunications met today with officials in Ottawa as Canada has yet to decide whether to allow Chinese firm Huawei to participate in its new 5G wirel...
Mar 09, 2020