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Canada backs U.S.-led effort for Taiwan at WHO over China's objections
OTTAWA - Canada has backed an American-led effort to allow Taiwan to be granted observer status at the World Health Organization because of its early success in containing COVID-19. The move is politi...
May 09, 2020
No easy fix for long-term care, but it starts with working conditions: experts
OTTAWA - Experts say the path to fixing long-term care after the COVID-19 pandemic is not clear, but many agree it starts with improving conditions for the caregivers who work in them. Policy-mak...
May 09, 2020
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75
LAS VEGAS - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act's famed white tigers, has died. He...
May 09, 2020
2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order
FLINT, Mich. - Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store. Genesee County authorities said Ramonyea Bishop, 23, w...
May 08, 2020
Tekashi 6ix9ine releases new video from home confinement
NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine lit up social media on Friday, releasing a new song and video created during his home confinement just weeks after being freed from a Manhattan federal lockup over co...
May 08, 2020
Bichette weighs in on South Korean baseball, empty stadiums and Jays' excitement level
With a few pro leagues resuming play around the globe, Major League Baseball fans are getting a glimpse of how things might look if big-league games return after this ext...
May 08, 2020
Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
OTTAWA - The federal government has suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montreal-based supplier after about eight million of the masks made in China failed to meet specifications. ...
May 08, 2020
Province releases prevention plan to address high suicide rate
Details of a suicide prevention plan were released by the provincial government this morning. "Mental health continues to be a high priority for our government, our health system and our communities,"...
May 08, 2020
Peer pressure, public messaging will affect behaviour when rules loosen: experts
TORONTO - Peer pressure and public messaging will influence Canadians' ability and willingness to maintain safe behaviours as restrictions around COVID-19 begin to loosen, some experts say a...
May 08, 2020
First Nation, Metis, Inuit leaders concerned about Indigenous COVID-19 outbreaks
OTTAWA - First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders are raising concern about a growing number of outbreaks of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities and say it's getting harder to find the money an...
May 08, 2020