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Calgary hospital restricts visitors, postpones surgeries as COVID-19 infections grow
CALGARY - A Calgary hospital is postponing surgeries and restricting visitors as a COVID-19 outbreak grows. Alberta Health Services says 26 patients and 27 workers at the Foothills Medical Centr...
Sep 28, 2020
CPP breaking its rules with third-party donations in U.S: environment group
TORONTO - An environmental group says the Canada Pension Plan is dodging rules that say its money cannot be used for political ends. John Bennett of Friends of the Earth says the national plan owns a ...
Sep 28, 2020
Malta seeks shark tooth fossil presented to Prince George
VALLETTA, Malta - Malta says it will seek to retrieve a shark tooth that was presented to Britain's Prince George by veteran broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, who found the fossil during ...
Sep 28, 2020
Minimal risk to wild salmon from viruses on farmed B.C. salmon: Fisheries Department
VANCOUVER - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says nine pathogens from farmed salmon in British Columbia's Discovery Islands pose a minimal risk to wild salmon, based on its scientific assessment...
Sep 28, 2020
Trial date set for Pelican Narrows murder case
More than a year and a half after a man was shot and killed at Pelican Narrows, the case is proceeding to trial.On Friday, a trial date was set for George Samuel Custer, 25, and Gregory George Custer,...
Sep 28, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 28
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:58 p.m. EDT on Sept. 28, 2020: There are 154,574 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 72,651 confirmed (including 5,826 deaths, 61,629 ...
Sep 28, 2020
U.S. appeals softwood ruling to WTO appeals body the U.S. has rendered inoperative
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says it is extremely disappointing that the United States has decided to appeal a World Trade Organization ruling against its softwood-lumber duties, part...
Sep 28, 2020
US Latino civil rights group moves 2021 convention online
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest Latino civil rights group in the U.S., has decided to move its 2021 national convention online amid concerns and health orde...
Sep 28, 2020
Must-see TV: Trump, Biden to square off in first face-to-face debate of 2020 election
WASHINGTON, Wash. - To borrow a favourite phrase from a certain sitting U.S. president, Tuesday's debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden promises to be something the likes of which no one's ever se...
Sep 28, 2020
Hockey Nova Scotia launches survey to address racism, discrimination in sport
HALIFAX - The governing body for organized hockey in Nova Scotia is launching a survey to find out how it can better address racism and discrimination in the game. Dean Smith, chair of Hockey Nov...
Sep 28, 2020