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Defence chief puts Canadian military on COVID-19 war footing
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is being put on a war footing as it prepares to be thrown into the COVID-19 crisis. In an unprecedented five-page letter to the troops, defence chief Gen. Jonat...
Mar 27, 2020
Marc Miller urges First Nations to delay elections during COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is encouraging Indigenous communities gearing up for elections this year to postpone their votes. Miller says holding an election during a pandemic&nb...
Mar 27, 2020
Kotb cries on 'Today' show; Baby Shark takes on hand-washing
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to cancelling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most...
Mar 27, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps taking care of more than business during COVID-19 pandemic
Co-owner Steve Nash led a live workout on Instagram. Staffers are calling friends and family as well as season ticket-holders to check up on them. The Vancouver Whitecaps are staying busy - and in tou...
Mar 27, 2020
B.C. measures appear to have slowed the increase in COVID-16: health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says she's starting to see "glimmers of hope" in the fight against COVID-19 with an apparent flattening in the number of cases. The province&nbs...
Mar 27, 2020
B.C. measures appear to have slowed the increase in COVID-16: health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says she's starting to see "glimmers of hope" in the fight against COVID-19 with an apparent flattening in the number of cases. The province&nbs...
Mar 27, 2020
Tory leadership candidates asked to stop calls, fundraising as vote postponed
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates are being asked to stop fundraising and making calls to party members following a decision to suspend the race. But at least one candidate says it is unfair...
Mar 27, 2020
Trudeau seeking U.S. decision on troops at border; calls possibility a mistake
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it would be a mistake for the United States to position troops near the Canadian border. Trudeau says today he's told that to the T...
Mar 27, 2020
Rural doctors and mayors ask city-dwellers to stay home and not tax system
Rural health-care providers and small-town politicians are pleading with snowbirds and city-dwellers to stay at their primary homes during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than self-isolating in more remo...
Mar 27, 2020
Trump accuses GM of overpromising on breathing machines
DETROIT - President Donald Trump attacked General Motors Friday, alleging that the company promised to build thousands more breathing machines than it can deliver for coronavirus patients and that it ...
Mar 27, 2020