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At Madrid field hospital, staff seeks to provide human touch
MADRID - There's a bookshelf filled with donated novels. Hotel toiletries rest on cardboard boxes turned into bedside tables. Meals are served with personalized notes from the staff. And an army of vo...
Apr 03, 2020
Conservative leadership campaigns continue, despite request from party
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates remain on the campaign trail despite a request from the party to put most of their efforts on pause during the COVID-19 crisis. A recording of a campaign co...
Apr 03, 2020
Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay BC Ferries route nixed during COVID-19 pandemic
NANAIMO - Ferry travel to and from Nanaimo will soon be severely limited as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. BC Ferries announced new routes starting Saturday, April 4. The entire Departure Bay to Hor...
Apr 03, 2020 There will soon only be four sailings from Nanaimo to the Lower Mainland during the COVID-19 pandemic. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Projections show between 3,000 and 15,000 could die from COVID-19 in Ontario
TORONTO - The steps the Ontario government has taken so far to limit the spread of COVID-19 have likely saved tens of thousands of lives, public health officials said Friday, but even with further act...
Apr 03, 2020
Feds to offer full-time work to all military reservists as part of COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to offer full-time employment to all reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces until the end of the summer. The move is intended to make sure the military has...
Apr 03, 2020
With parks closed, Disney starts furloughs in 2 weeks
ORLANDO, Fla. - Saying they don't know when they'll be able to re-open many of their businesses with the coronavirus spreading, Walt Disney Co. officials announced they will start furloughing some wor...
Apr 03, 2020
Grassy Narrows signs deal with Ottawa on mercury poisoning treatment centre
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed an agreement with Grassy Narrows First Nation that will see a long-promised treatment centre for residents with mercury poisoning finally built in ...
Apr 03, 2020
Member of Turkish band dies on 288th day of hunger strike
ANKARA, Turkey - A member of a popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey has died on the 288th day of a hunger strike protesting the government's treatment of the band, according to a post on ...
Apr 03, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP respond with guns drawn to Port Place Mall
NANAIMO - A serious police presence was called to the Port Place Shopping Centre for what ended up being a "ridiculous" false alarm. Cst. Gary O'Brien said a firearms call at the downtown mall came in...
Apr 03, 2020 Nanaimo RCMP officers found a 45-year-old man who'd thrown away a broken pellet gun, not someone with a workable firearm at Port Place Shopping Centre. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Northern residents embrace plan for unique beaded pin honouring COVID-19 workers
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A made-in-Yukon initiative to celebrate front-line workers fighting COVID-19 is gaining momentum across the North. An administrative assistant at a health centre in Dawson Ci...
Apr 03, 2020