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A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: ...
May 06, 2020
$300K to be spent upgrading five Nanaimo intersections and crossings
NANAIMO - Rapid flashing beacons will be installed at intersections both major and minor throughout Nanaimo. A City of Nanaimo staff report about funding the upgrades was warmly received by councillor...
May 06, 2020 The crosswalk at Uplands Rd. and McRobb Ave, seen here, will soon have flashing beacons. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Canada still only considering gathering race-based COVID-19 data
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is still looking into the possibility of collecting race-based data on COVID-19, despite months of calls from advocates for a clearer picture of who...
May 06, 2020
Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard named Cornish Award recipient
Running back Chuba Hubbard of the Oklahoma State Cowboys captured the Jon Cornish Trophy on Tuesday as the top Canadian in the NCAA football ranks. The six-foot-one, 207-pound native of Sherwood Park,...
May 06, 2020
Kashechewan residents fearing COVID-19 head to camps to avoid flood waters
OTTAWA - Residents of a Northern Ontario First Nation threatened by spring flood waters are facing more complex and some fear-inducing options for escape this year, thanks to the COVID-19 pa...
May 06, 2020
Young TFC winger spending time with new puppy and working on kitchen skills
Toronto FC winger Jacob Shaffelburg had just moved into his own place when the COVID-19 lockdown happened. After completing training camp, Shaffelburg and the MLS club remained in California for the F...
May 06, 2020
Nova Scotia mass killer should be subjected to psychological autopsy: experts
HALIFAX - As the RCMP investigate the case of the Nova Scotia gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage last month, a key question remains unanswered: Why? The Mounties have said littl...
May 06, 2020
Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash
CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...
May 06, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:55 p.m. Prince Edward Island is reporting no cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Heather...
May 06, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:45 p.m. on May 6, 2020: There are 61,465 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 33,417 confirmed (includ...
May 06, 2020