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The inexact science involved in predicting the likely path of COVID-19
socsocTORONTO - Data experts are cautioning already on-edge Canadians against taking Ontario's dire predictions about COVID-19 deaths literally, even as the revelation of stark data coincided with mor...
Apr 04, 2020
Contagious singing as Corona Community Chorus unites voices
NEW YORK - Casper ter Kuile lights a candle in front of his computer screen. And then the music begins. All around the world, linked by video, more than 100 people sing "Come, Come Whoever You Are," l...
Apr 04, 2020
Pandemic has shunted aside an array of Liberal initiatives, at least for now
OTTAWA - As a new year dawned, the government's throne-speech commitments unfurled just weeks earlier were grabbing headlines and galvanizing the attention of federal policy-makers. Then came the...
Apr 04, 2020
Oil industry pleads for help but feds still mum on when that will come
OTTAWA - Canada's oil producers are growing frustrated that they have yet to see a promised federal aid package to help bail out their industry from an unprecedented drop in demand. Canadian Asso...
Apr 04, 2020
B.C. temporarily lifts data residency requirement in response to COVID-19
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has temporarily modified its access to information and privacy act in response to COVID-19, lifting a requirement that personal data must be stored in ...
Apr 04, 2020
B.C. temporarily lifts data residency requirement in response to COVID-19
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has temporarily modified its access to information and privacy act in response to COVID-19, lifting a requirement that personal data must be stored in ...
Apr 04, 2020
PM expected to unveil more help for most vulnerable to weather pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today more financial support aimed at helping the most vulnerable Canadians survive the COVID-19 pandemic. The new announcement follows F...
Apr 04, 2020
Water main break transforms Nanaimo's Bowen Rd. into running river
NANAIMO - A water main break along one of Nanaimo's busiest corridors snarled evening traffic on Friday, April 3.Shortly before 7 p.m., a water main broke along Bowen Rd. near the intersection with Du...
Apr 03, 2020 The intersection of Bowen Rd. and Dufferin Cres. was inundated with water on Friday evening following a water main burst. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has fired the intelligence watchdog who handled the complaint that triggered his impeachment. Trump informed the Senate intelligence committee Friday of his decisio...
Apr 03, 2020
China honours virus victims with 3 minutes of reflection
WUHAN, China - With air raid sirens wailing and flags at half-mast, China on Saturday held a three-minute nationwide moment of reflection to honour those who have died in the coronavirus outbreak, esp...
Apr 03, 2020