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Concerns raised over COVID-19 outbreak plans for Indigenous communities
Ottawa's plans to respond to possible COVID-19 outbreaks in remote, fly-in and already vulnerable Indigenous communities are getting a failing grade from Opposition politicians who say they ...
Mar 13, 2020
Criminal case against top military judge collapses, charges withdrawn
OTTAWA - The criminal case against Canada's top military judge has collapsed. The Canadian Armed Forces' top prosecutor announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing all four charges against chief milit...
Mar 13, 2020
British Columbia focuses on long-term care homes in COVID-19 fight
VICTORIA - British Columbia will put more focus on enhancing prevention of the novel coronavirus at long-term care facilities to protect vulnerable elderly people and staff, the provincial health offi...
Mar 13, 2020
As virus inches closer, Trump says he's likely to be tested
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday he will likely be tested for the coronavirus "fairly soon," as questions swirled about why the president, his top aides and his family weren't doing mor...
Mar 13, 2020
Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city
MONTREAL - Doris Hamelin and her husband Rejean Vallee said the restaurants in Rome shut down at 6 p.m. Tuesday and the only place they could find food was the grocery store. In a bid t...
Mar 13, 2020
NCAA tournaments are on - for now - but mostly without fans
The NCAA basketball tournaments are on - for now - though the buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments will take place in mostly empty arenas. Trying to avoid spreading the new coronav...
Mar 13, 2020
Arena employees to feel the pinch of COVID-19 pandemic: 'It will affect people'
Jonathan Crandall was looking forward to a busy March as a security guard at the Bell Centre. The home of the Montreal Canadiens was set to host four more NHL games this month, the week-long world fig...
Mar 13, 2020
Author Roth weighed in on 'Plot Against America' TV series
LOS ANGELES - David Simon, the creative force behind stellar TV including "The Wire," "Show Me a Hero" and "Treme," found himself in unfamiliar territory with his latest series, HBO's "The Plot Agains...
Mar 13, 2020
Trump announces delay of tax deadline for virus victims
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he will instruct the Treasury Department to allow individuals and businesses negatively affected by the coronavirus to defer their ta...
Mar 13, 2020
Black boxes from downed Ukrainian flight to be transferred to Kyiv
OTTAWA - The flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by the Iranian military in January will be arriving in Ukraine in 10 to 14 days, the country's envoy to Canada said Wednesday. Ambas...
Mar 13, 2020