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EU top official self-isolating after contact with virus case
BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says she has placed herself in isolation after being in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. In a message posted on Twitte...
Oct 05, 2020
New institute to shine spotlight on Canada's little known history of slavery
MONTREAL - Charmaine Nelson wagers that if you asked people in cities across Canada what they know about the history of slavery in this country, most would be surprised to hear that the practice even ...
Oct 05, 2020
Teachers learn that online classes for foreign students come with geopolitical snags
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In the midst of the summer scramble to get courses online at Memorial University in St. John's, Sonja Knutson realized there were political implications to remote learning she hadn'...
Oct 05, 2020
Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award
STOCKHOLM - The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology and medicine. A panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm will announce the...
Oct 04, 2020
Butler's big night helps Heat cut Lakers' Finals lead to 2-1
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Jimmy Butler is not ready to go home. A triple-double later, he joined NBA Finals lore - and the short-handed Miami Heat might have made this title matchup a series after all....
Oct 04, 2020
Downed float home at Valdes Island removed, no further damage expected
NANAIMO - Federal officials don't believe any environmental impacts will result from the untimely demise of a float home just off the east shore of Valdes Island.The 65 foot long float home sank due t...
Oct 04, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Oct. 4
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:22 p.m. EDT on Oct. 4, 2020: There are 166,160 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 78,459 confirmed (including 5,878 deaths, 65,304 re...
Oct 04, 2020
Tam urges Thanksgiving caution amid recent rise in cases of COVID-19
Plan ahead to make sure this year's Thanksgiving holiday is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's top public health officer urged on Sunday as case counts continued to soar in several parts...
Oct 04, 2020
Quebec coroner's office to launch public inquest into Joyce Echaquan's death
MONTREAL - A public inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman who filmed herself being insulted by Quebec hospital staff hours before she died will be launched as soon as possible, the province's ...
Oct 04, 2020
Advocates marking MMIW remembrance day note death of Indigenous woman in hospital
Those wondering whether Indigenous women's rights are still being violated need only look to the death of Joyce Echaquan for their answer, advocates said Sunday as they participated in an annual vigil...
Oct 04, 2020