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Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics have been officially postponed until 2021. The International Olympic Committee along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and local organizers have decided that the Tokyo...
Mar 24, 2020
Albert Uderzo, a creator of French hero Asterix, dies at 92
PARIS - Albert Uderzo, one of the two creators of the beloved comic book character Asterix, who captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputation worldwide, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Th...
Mar 24, 2020
Excerpts from Woody Allen memoir 'Apropos of Nothing'
NEW YORK - Excerpts from Woody Allen's new memoir, "Apropos of Nothing," which was released Monday after a delay because the original publisher backed out of releasing the book. ___ THE BOOK'S DEDICAT...
Mar 24, 2020
Wild armed robbery goes off the rails in Nanaimo, one man charged
NANAIMO - A man was arrested following a bizarre botched armed robbery at the 7-Eleven convenience store in Harewood.Nanaimo RCMP said it happened Friday, March 20 at 4:30 p.m. when the man walked int...
Mar 24, 2020 An attempted robbery in Harewood lead to a comedy of errors for the would-be thief. The 29-year-old man faces charges and a June court appearance. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Math modellers say lack of data makes curve flattening difficult to predict
VANCOUVER - When Caroline Colijn sees the daily numbers of new cases of COVID-19 in Canada, she looks for certain things. As a disease modelling expert, she says the effects of the measures we're taki...
Mar 24, 2020
Africa's jazz great Manu Dibango dies in France of virus
PARIS - Renowned jazz man Manu Dibango, to many the beloved "Papy Groove" who served as an inspiration and pioneer in his art, died on Tuesday with the coronavirus, his official Facebook page announce...
Mar 24, 2020
'Enough is enough. Go home and stay home,' says Trudeau; In The News for Mar. 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 24. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Mar 24, 2020
Math modellers say lack of data makes curve flattening difficult to predict
VANCOUVER - When Caroline Colijn sees the daily numbers of new cases of COVID-19 in Canada, she looks for certain things. As a disease modelling expert, she says the effects of the measures we're taki...
Mar 24, 2020
First Nations Health Authority tailoring its messaging about COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The public health communication about COVID-19 that's aimed at Indigenous communities should be tailored and take into account Indigenous experiences, say a health official and a researche...
Mar 24, 2020
Science summary: A look at novel coronavirus research around the globe
Thousands of scientists around the world are working on problems raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a summary of some recent research from peer-reviewed academic journals and scientific agencies...
Mar 24, 2020