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Gloomy summer looms as pandemic cancels US festivals, trips
HARTFORD, Conn. - Thelma Uranga is sprucing up her back deck in Chicago, hoping to host some small gatherings to take the place of the summer's usual neighbourhood festivals built on music, food and t...
Apr 28, 2020
Spread of COVID-19 slows down, but projections show more deaths expected: Tam
OTTAWA - New models released by the federal government show a pandemic paradox is playing out in Canada as more people die from COVID-19, even as the increase in new cases slows down. Canada's ch...
Apr 28, 2020
Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Officials in Fort McMurray say a 25-kilometre ice jam that caused major flooding and forced about 12,000 people from their homes in the city's downtown is shrinking. B...
Apr 28, 2020
Hlinka Gretzky Cup men's hockey tournament cancelled because of COVID-19
CALGARY - The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, a tournament featuring the world's top under-18 male hockey players, has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The eight-country tournament was schedu...
Apr 28, 2020
Storybooks, radio connect kids isolated in far-flung Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect kids over the crackle of an AM radio station. It's not 1950s entertainment, but a nostalgic way children in even the most re...
Apr 28, 2020
Canada's dairy processors to lose $100M if USMCA takes effect in July: Plett
WASHINGTON - A Conservative senator says Canada's dairy processing industry stands to lose about $100 million if the new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico goes into effect July 1. Sen....
Apr 28, 2020
Reality TV star Ashley 'Minnie' Ross dies in Georgia wreck
ATLANTA - Ashley Ross of the reality TV show "Little Women: Atlanta" has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday. Ross, 34, who was known as "Ms. Min...
Apr 28, 2020
Pete Davidson's 'King of Staten Island' to open on-demand
NEW YORK - Judd Apatow's "The King of Staten Island," starring Pete Davidson, will release straight to home on-demand video after having its theatrical release cancelled. Universal Pictures said Monda...
Apr 28, 2020
Canadian MPs meet online in first virtual session of House of Commons
OTTAWA - Canada's first-ever virtual House of Commons is underway with almost 90 per cent of all MPs dialed in. The House of Commons special committee on COVID-19 is meeting via videoconfere...
Apr 28, 2020
Keeping a schedule key to Argos' lineman dealing with COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - Professional athletes are often creatures of habit, and that's helping Jamal Campbell deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Toronto Argonauts' burly offensive lineman remains unsure...
Apr 28, 2020