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A big-city orchestra salvages a student's cancelled recital
Devastated after her graduate recital was cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, Brooke Mead nearly gave up. Faced with recording the concert alone, at home, the 23-year-old viola student stopped prac...
May 10, 2020
'Go back to the old way:' First Nations return to land during COVID-19 pandemic
First Nations leaders who have called on their communities to return to the land to find food during the COVID-19 pandemic are also seeing people reconnect with their traditions. "The blood of the Den...
May 10, 2020
Fort McMurray homeowners clean up as insurance questions linger after flooding
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Cora Dion's voice echoes as she films a video showing what's left in the basement of her home in downtown Fort McMurray after several days of flood cleanup. The couch and c...
May 10, 2020
Employment lawyers on returning to work during and after the pandemic
TORONTO - As provinces begin the slow process of reopening their economies and people start returning to the workplace, questions abound about the rights of employees and responsibilities of...
May 10, 2020
Like their players, NHL coaches trying to stay sharp during pandemic pause
Bruce Cassidy loves the NHL's daily grind. The preparation, the teaching, the competition, the pressure. Rinse. Repeat. "When you're under duress and you've got a structured schedule - bang - you...
May 10, 2020
Vancouver's long-term care homes test for variety of symptoms for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Seniors who complained of fatigue, confusion or just didn't seem like themselves were tested for COVID-19, allowing the Vancouver Coastal Health authority to get in front of the ...
May 10, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic prompts urbanites to rethink 'grand bargain' of dense city living
MONTREAL - The densely populated slums of Montreal's Griffintown were the subject of a famous 1897 study by businessman and philanthropist Herbert Ames, whose work on the disease-ridden tenements...
May 10, 2020
School in the age of COVID-19: Quebec to reopen amid rigid distancing rules
MONTREAL - Quebec schoolchildren will be entering a vastly changed environment this week when they head back to classrooms that have been closed since mid-March because of COV...
May 10, 2020
COVID-19 shutdown an added burden for Quebec's struggling Catholic churches
MONTREAL - Rev. Jean-Luc Laflamme knows that Thetford Mines has seen better days. The "golden age" in the working-class community in southcentral Quebec, best known for its now-closed asbestos mines, ...
May 10, 2020
Jay-Z's Team Roc calls for fast action in Ahmaud Arbery case
ATLANTA - The social justice arm of Jay-Z's Roc Nation entertainment company on Sunday called on Georgia officials to take quick action in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say wa...
May 10, 2020