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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
GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will deliver more aid to low-income Canadians through the GST credit a month sooner than planned. The government initially announced the mone...
Apr 03, 2020
Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online
NEW YORK - The Tribeca Film Festival, postponed by the pandemic, is moving some elements of its annual New York event online. Tribeca organizers said Friday that much of its programming will be availa...
Apr 03, 2020
Raptors head coach Nurse '100 per cent' committed to Canada's push for Olympic spot
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says he is "100 per cent" committed to coaching Canada's men's basketball team when it continues its push for a spot at next year's Tokyo Olympics. Nurse stated h...
Apr 03, 2020
Scheer calls for more oversight of government's COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for the Liberals to be more transparent about their response to the COVID-19 crisis. He wants the government to release all of the data on the spr...
Apr 03, 2020
General managers calling names from home for OHL Priority Selection draft
TORONTO - This time last year, the Guelph Storm were playing their way to an Ontario Hockey League title and a spot in the Memorial Cup. But with the remainder of the 2019-20 regul...
Apr 03, 2020
Powell hopes to compete for Canada after promising NBA season cut short
Dwight Powell was enjoying a season unlike any other. His Dallas Mavericks were on a path for the NBA playoffs - finally - and Powell was excited about playing a key role in Canada...
Apr 03, 2020
3M pushes back on Trump administration call to stop sending N95 masks to Canada
WASHINGTON - One of the world's largest U.S.-based makers of consumer products says it has been told by the White House to stop exporting medical-grade face masks to the Canadian market. Minnesot...
Apr 03, 2020
‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including " Lean On Me, " "Lovely Day" and "Ain't No Sunshine," has died from heart complicati...
Apr 03, 2020
Ontario's move puts pressure on feds to reveal national COVID-19 projections
OTTAWA - Canadians should brace for some grim numbers today as Ontario reveals its projections for how bad the COVID-19 pandemic could get in the country's most populous province and how long it could...
Apr 03, 2020