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Second Colorado Avalanche player tests positive for COVID-19
DENVER - A second player on the Colorado Avalanche has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Saturday afternoon. The player is in self-isolation and all other Avalanche players and sta...
Mar 28, 2020
Former Sen. Tom Coburn, known as a political maverick, dies
OKLAHOMA CITY - Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma family doctor who earned a reputation as a conservative political maverick as he railed against federal earmarks and subsidies for the rich, ha...
Mar 28, 2020
'There isn't a road map:' maintaining mental health through COVID-19
NANAIMO - The on-going COVID-19 crisis is proving stressful on many levels and straining the mental health for those dealing with the pandemic.Terms like social distancing and self isolation became mo...
Mar 28, 2020 Keeping watch on your health and wellness and staying calm for others are key in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. When coping becomes difficult there are local resources to help. (Systweak)
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11 a.m The federal government says it is working with its counterparts in Panama and a cruise line to get mor...
Mar 28, 2020
Feds working to get 248 Canadians stranded on COVID-19-infected cruise ship home
TORONTO - More than 200 Canadians remain stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of Panama where some passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 and four others have died. The federal governmen...
Mar 28, 2020
Regions brace to fight rising flood waters and cases of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Flood-prone regions across the country are bracing to fight emergencies on multiple fronts as they plan for rising water and rising levels of COVID-19. In cities like Ottawa that have be...
Mar 28, 2020
Pandemic conspiracy theories test truth, evidence, government, say experts
VICTORIA - The novel coronavirus threatens the health of Canadians, but to some people the pandemic stokes fears of a government plot to subvert freedoms, say experts who study conspiracy theories. Te...
Mar 28, 2020
Pandemic conspiracy theories test truth, evidence, government, say experts
VICTORIA - The novel coronavirus threatens the health of Canadians, but to some people the pandemic stokes fears of a government plot to subvert freedoms, say experts who study conspiracy theories. Te...
Mar 28, 2020
Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
ATLANTA - The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discriminatio...
Mar 27, 2020
Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resourc...
Mar 27, 2020