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Music world to conductor Seiji Ozawa: Happy 85th birthday
BOSTON - The Boston Symphony Orchestra is asking the music world to help it celebrate former conductor Seiji Ozawa's 85th birthday Tuesday. The orchestra is encouraging fans to honour his birthday on ...
Sep 01, 2020

Deceased former principal secretary of N.B. vice-regal office embezzled funds: RCMP
FREDERICTON - A senior civil servant who had control of the former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor's finances is accused of siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds ...
Sep 01, 2020

City of Nanaimo signals to province for a 60-bed supportive shelter
NANAIMO - City council is throwing its weight behind a possible 60-bed supportive shelter in Nanaimo.. Councillors voted 7-2 on Monday, Aug. 31 to send a letter to the province expressing interest in ...
Sep 01, 2020

Roglic displays strength on Tour's 1st mountain stage
ORCIERES-MERLETTE, France - After just four stages at the Tour de France, the balance of power is already clearer: Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team are looking like the ones to beat. Roglic, the...
Sep 01, 2020

New supportive housing coming for homeless in Vancouver, province and city say
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government and City of Vancouver are partnering to build 450 new supportive homes for people experiencing homelessness. Housing Minister Selina Robinson and Mayor Kennedy Ste...
Sep 01, 2020

Police calls for domestic violence, mental crises rise during pandemic
OTTAWA - New data from some of Canada's biggest police forces show major COVID-19 lockdowns across much of the country in the spring led to a sharp uptick in calls to police for domestic vio...
Sep 01, 2020

Kadeisha Buchanan, Alphonso Davies named Canada Soccer's players of the month
TORONTO - Kadeisha Buchanan and Alphonso Davies, who each lifted the Champions League trophy in August, have been named Canada Soccer's players of the month. Buchanan claimed her fourth Euro...
Sep 01, 2020

Lawyer for ex-Canadian Forces reservist wants weapons charges dropped
WASHINGTON - The lawyer for accused neo-Nazi and former Canadian Forces reservist Patrik Mathews has asked a U.S. court to drop weapons charges against his client and to allow him to stand trial separ...
Sep 01, 2020

IIHF decision looming on world junior men's hockey championship in Canada
EDMONTON - A decision has yet to be made on whether the 2021 world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., will be played with or without fans. The International Ice Hockey F...
Sep 01, 2020

Florida announces ban on nursing home visits will be lifted
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he will lift the state's ban on visiting nursing homes that has cut off vulnerable seniors from family since mid-March over fears o...
Sep 01, 2020