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Early release pushes down inmate count at Nanaimo Correctional Centre during pandemic
NANAIMO - Some inmates from Nanaimo Correctional Centre are temporarily free men due to COVID-19. Information from the ministry of public safety and solicitor general to NanaimoNewsNOW showed 12 inmat...
Apr 08, 2020 12 inmates serving intermittent sentences at Nanaimo Correctional Centre have been granted early release. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Prize-winning reporter writes book on Melania Trump
NEW YORK - A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump. Mary Jordan's "The Art of Her Deal," which draws upon more than ...
Apr 08, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:25 a.m. Air Canada, which has cut roughly half its Canadian workforce, says it will apply for Ottawa's emergency...
Apr 08, 2020
Democrats want additions to Trump $250B emergency virus aid
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democratic leaders proposed Wednesday adding hundreds of billions of dollars for health care, state and local governments, and food stamps to $250 billion in fresh emergency...
Apr 08, 2020
UK govt tries to advance virus response with Johnson in ICU
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "responding to treatment" but remains in intensive care with the new coronavirus, his spokesman said Wednesday. The U.K. government, meanwhile, sought ...
Apr 08, 2020
Quarantined drag queens land TV show in Israel
JERUSALEM - As Israel imposed a nationwide virus lockdown, shuttering theatres, clubs and bars, the country's drag queens found themselves confined to their homes, their elaborate wigs and glittery dr...
Apr 08, 2020
With Johnson hospitalized, who's who in Britain's Cabinet?
LONDON - With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized in intensive care after contracting the coronavirus, who's left to run the country? A look at the key players in Johnson's Cabinet: DOMI...
Apr 08, 2020
With no theatres, film fans find ways to gather virtually
LOS ANGELES - There are 44 people in the Social Distance Movie Club's Slack channel, where co-workers at Crooked Media have had discussions about everything from a Dwayne Johnson earthquake film to Fa...
Apr 08, 2020
23 Canadians at quarantine sites and Trump criticizes WHO; In The News for April 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 8 ... COVI...
Apr 08, 2020
Twenty-three Canadians being held at federal quarantine sites, government says
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government says 23 Canadians were being held at federal quarantine sites as the week began to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The newly released figure, the most current...
Apr 08, 2020