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Top White House official tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON - Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as counsellor to the president and travelled with him to a Wednesday ...
Oct 01, 2020
Pinder delivers timely hit, A's advance in playoffs at last
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Athletics ended 14 years of post-season futility, riding Chad Pinder's go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning and repeated costly walks by Chicago's relievers to ra...
Oct 01, 2020
COVID cases within Island Health rises by 1 as officials plan for Halloween
NANAIMO - The number of COVID-19 cases within Island Health rose slightly to start October. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed one new case of COVID-19 within Island Health on Thursd...
Oct 01, 2020
AP source: 76ers set to hire Rivers as new coach
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement with Doc Rivers to become their new coach. Rivers reached a deal Thursday to become the latest coach to try and lead the Sixers to their...
Oct 01, 2020
RCMP eases mask policy for bearded members, allows return to front line in some cases
OTTAWA - The RCMP has eased restrictions that sidelined bearded officers, including some Sikh and Muslim members, from front-line policing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Difficulties with properly fitt...
Oct 01, 2020
Canadian linebacker Ogbongbemiga off to solid start with Oklahoma State Cowboys squad
The other Canadian starter on Oklahoma State University's football squad is off to solid start. Chuba Hubbard, a running back from Sherwood Park, Alta., garnered plenty of headlines at OSU last year a...
Oct 01, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest 60 for protesting on China holiday
Hong Kong police arrested at least 60 people on suspicion of unauthorized assembly on China's National Day holiday Thursday after crowds gathered on the streets of a popular shopping district chanting...
Oct 01, 2020
25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant
TANZANIA, Tanzania - Twenty-five years ago, the world's nations came together to make sure that half of Earth's population gained the rights, power and status of the other half. It hasn't happened, an...
Oct 01, 2020
EU leaders seek end to embarrassing Belarus sanctions clash
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders sought Thursday to end an embarrassing standoff that prevents them from imposing sanctions on senior officials in Belarus who stand accused of falsifying presidential...
Oct 01, 2020
Armenia says it shot down Azerbaijani drone near capital
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's military said its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani drone near the capital on Thursday night, as heavy fighting persisted in the conflict over the separatist region of Nago...
Oct 01, 2020