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'It's a big unknown:' Nanaimo Fringe Festival takes plunge with virtual event
NANAIMO - Theatre buffs starved of stage action during COVID-19 will have some options beginning Wednesday night.Rather than close the curtains on the 2020 Nanaimo Fringe Festival, the event is pressi...
Aug 11, 2020
N.L. COVID-19 travel ban arbitrary, violates mobility rights, courtroom told
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Lawyers contesting Newfoundland and Labrador's travel ban say the policy is arbitrary and violates mobility rights guaranteed in the charter. Closing arguments were heard Tuesday in...
Aug 11, 2020
N.B. premier says snap election coming if opposition won't sign 'stability' deal
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's premier says he's willing to call an election as early as next week if opposition parties refuse a deal to keep his minority government in power until the fall ...
Aug 11, 2020
Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic
The Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football's five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. About an h...
Aug 11, 2020
Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and...
Aug 11, 2020
Canada must move quickly to stand up for democracy in Hong Kong, activists say
OTTAWA - Activists say Canada must swiftly censure China's ruling Communist Party over its crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Cherie Wong, executive director of Alliance Canada Hong Kong, urged Otta...
Aug 11, 2020
Safety won't be compromised for vaccine, Canada's top doctors say
OTTAWA - The chief public health officer says Canada will not cut corners to get a vaccine for COVID-19 approved. Dr. Theresa Tam says she has full confidence in Health Canada's process to approve a v...
Aug 11, 2020
Cosby sex assault appeal takes on non-prosecution deal
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby's lawyers argued in an appeals filing Thursday that it was "fundamentally unfair" to let prosecutors use Cosby's damaging deposition from a sex accuser's lawsuit against him ...
Aug 11, 2020
Scrutiny of WE Charity focused on ability to deliver grant program: PCO clerk
OTTAWA - Canada's top public servant says federal officials did not probe WE Charity's financial situation or governance structure when doing homework on a $912-million deal with the charity...
Aug 11, 2020
Trudeau shuts down speculation that Morneau about to be fired as finance minister
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has full confidence in Finance Minister Bill Morneau and that any reports to the contrary are false. Trudeau's office has taken the unusual step of issui...
Aug 11, 2020