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Elected officials dine out after urging others to stay home
San Francisco Mayor London Breed dined at a posh Napa Valley restaurant the day after California's governor was there. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo went to his parents' house for Thanksgiving. And a Lo...
Dec 01, 2020
Island Health posts lowest COVID-19 increase since early November
NANAIMO - Island Health has reported its lowest increase in COVID-19 numbers in three weeks.Ten new cases were added to Island Health's total number of cases, with 639 cases confirmed regionally throu...
Dec 01, 2020
Calgary facility set to become curling hub during pandemic
CALGARY - Curling Canada wants Calgary's Canada Olympic Park to be a curling hub for the season's top events. Canada's governing body of curling proposes holding the 2021 national men's, women's and m...
Dec 01, 2020
Visitor: Monolith toppled by group who said 'leave no trace'
SALT LAKE CITY - New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert - though it's no longer the ...
Dec 01, 2020
Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion
SAN RAMON, Calif. - Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against long...
Dec 01, 2020
Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's transport regulator says the 11,000 complaints filed to the Canadian Transportation Agency since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic will not start to be processed until e...
Dec 01, 2020
Toronto FC looking for a new designated player who can generate goals
Toronto FC will be going after goals in searching for a third designated player. The slot became open this week when TFC announced that while it was open to Argentine winger Pablo Piatti returning, it...
Dec 01, 2020
'Big Sky' producers recognize Native American criticism
LOS ANGELES - Native American tribes and advocates are condemning "Big Sky," a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the c...
Dec 01, 2020
Toronto Raptors sign Canadian Oshae Brissett, unveil camp roster in Florida
On the Toronto Raptors' first full day in their temporary home away from home, the state of Florida hit an inglorious milestone, surpassing one million COVID-19 cases. Concern around the pandemic itse...
Dec 01, 2020
Nestle, Cargill at high court in child labour case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court seemed concerned Tuesday about the impact of siding with food giants Nestle and Cargill and ending a lawsuit that claims they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in ...
Dec 01, 2020