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Michael Phelps book tip helps Penny Oleksiak manage pandemic life
A Michael Phelps book recommendation resonates with Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak more than ever these days. Oleksiak has read Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" multiple times since the A...
May 04, 2020
California governor says some business may reopen this week
YUBA CITY, Calif. - With more local governments moving ahead with their own plans for reopening, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday the state will begin gradually allowing clothing stores, ...
May 04, 2020
Source: CFL, CFLPA to resume talking about potential contingency plans
TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are going to get back to talking. A league source said Monday the two sides have agreed to resume discussions on potential conti...
May 04, 2020
China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...
May 04, 2020
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...
May 04, 2020
Meet a little adopted cat who brings a lot of love to his forever home
NANAIMO - Each week we feature animals currently awaiting adoption at the Nanaimo SPCA.Thankfully there are no animals currently in care, so we're taking a look at animals which were adopted and have ...
May 04, 2020 Loki is only eight months old and brings lots of love in a little package. (submitted/Kim Johnson)
Kingfish Ingram wins 5 Blues Music Awards in online show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards sh...
May 04, 2020
Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020
Hall of Fame 'keeper Karina LeBlanc endures health scare after giving birth
Karina LeBlanc knew life would change when she became a mother. But the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper did not expect the terrifying roller-coaster that followed the birth of daughter Paris, wi...
May 04, 2020
1 new Vancouver Island COVID-19 case; men revealed as more likely to be hospitalized
NANAIMO - New details were revealed about the COVID-19 pandemic and who is most susceptible. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry revealed on Monday, May 4 women are more likely to get COVID-19,...
May 04, 2020 The black dotted lines indicate when physical distancing measures were put in place and the curve began to flatter. (Gov't of BC)