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Premier says B.C. legislature could look like 'Hollywood Squares' next month
VICTORIA - Efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 means the British Columbia legislature will look and operate much differently next month when politicians return for a brief sitting. Premier John ...
May 20, 2020
Leafs UFA D Tyson Barrie: 'It's a weird time to be heading into free agency'
TORONTO - Tyson Barrie is trying to keep things in perspective. More than 80,000 people in Canada are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19, and the country's death toll has sur...
May 20, 2020
Virtual story time the new normal for retired sprinter Justyn Warner and family
TORONTO - Every evening at around 7:30, Justyn Warner curls up with a stack of storybooks to read to his three-year-old daughter Parys until she falls asleep. Her favourite is "The Litt...
May 20, 2020
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie lays out best-case scenario for 2020 season
TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie gave the CFL some much-needed breathing room Wednesday. Ambrosie told CFL season-ticket holders during a video conference the earliest the league could start...
May 20, 2020
'Is that all for me?' Girl, 5, who survived triple slaying of family comes home
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A five-year-old girl who survived when her paternal grandparents and brother died in a triple slaying in Saskatchewan came home Tuesday to a welcome that astonished and del...
May 20, 2020
Pandemic response hampered by lack of data-sharing, committee hears
OTTAWA - Experts say difficulties gathering federal data on the spread of COVID-19 has hampered Canada's response to the pandemic. The scathing criticism of Canada's method of gathering crucial inform...
May 20, 2020
RCMP investigating burned truck, theft of fuel at Trans Mountain work site
MERRITT, B.C. - The RCMP says it's investigating a suspicious blaze and alleged vandalism at a Trans Mountain pipeline work site near Merritt, B.C. Mounties say in a news release that a piec...
May 20, 2020
Beach access in Lantzville restricted as crews start large sewer project
LANTZVILLE - Two beach access points in lower Lantzville are closed as crews begin an ambitious sewer installation project for more than 300 local households.The District of Lantzville expects the Seb...
May 20, 2020
American fugitive wanted for murder ordered deported in immigration board hearing
HALIFAX - An Immigration and Refugee Board member has ruled that an American fugitive wanted for murder in Texas will be deported, with a wide publication ban on details of his case. Board member Dian...
May 20, 2020
Adidas T-Shirt and runners commemorating Terry Fox run sell out in minutes
What started as a way to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ended within minutes as runners and T-shirts sold out online. Adidas Canada had promoted the sale of Orio...
May 20, 2020