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Low number of Nanaimo's housing insecure requiring hotel rooms
NANAIMO - Less hotel rooms and housing sites than anticipated were needed in Nanaimo to provide shelter to the city's vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC Housing confirmed to NanaimoNewsNOW 33...
Jun 04, 2020

Wolfpack look to offer fans tracking bracelets to help COVID-19 contact tracing
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack are looking at providing fans with disposable tracking bracelets/wristbands during games to allow for contact-tracing in case of COVID-19 once the team returns to p...
Jun 04, 2020

First black man in the NHL, Willie O'Ree pained by racism in society, hockey
Willie O'Ree strives to make hockey more welcome to people of colour. The first black man to play in the NHL in 1958 is distressed by both the death of a black man under the knee of a white ...
Jun 04, 2020

Officers charged in Floyd death and vaccine summit; In The News for June 4
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 June 4 ... --- A...
Jun 04, 2020

Can pro sports make safe return amid pandemic? Experts say precautions needed
Professional sports leagues in North America are getting deeper into conversations about when and how they can resume play during the COVID-19 pandemic. And while they're still looking weeks...
Jun 04, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 04, 2020

Spiritual needs of vulnerable federal inmates unmet during pandemic: chaplains
OTTAWA - Federal prison chaplains say the spiritual needs of inmates have become an unnecessary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when offenders are feeling particularly vulnerable and alone...
Jun 04, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on June 4, 2020: There are 93,085 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,884 confirmed (includ...
Jun 04, 2020

RCMP to provide update today on investigation into mass killing in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia RCMP are expected to provide an update today on their investigation into the mass killing in April that claimed the lives of 22 victims. It's been more than a month sin...
Jun 04, 2020

PM joins third pandemic summit amid campaign for Security Council seat
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking part in his third international summit in a week as Canada campaigns for a coveted United Nation's Security Council seat on a platform of helping to re...
Jun 04, 2020