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'No new anything:' Guards union says prison needle exchange expansion on hold
CALGARY - The union representing Canadian correctional officers says a program making clean needles available to inmates at a number of prisons across the country won't be expanding to new instit...
Mar 22, 2020
Trudeau to provide another briefing to nation as COVID-19 threat escalates
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be updating Canadians again today on the latest measures being taken to try to protect the country against the steadily escalating COVID-19 threat. Trudeau ...
Mar 22, 2020
Iran leader refuses US help, citing virus conspiracy theory
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's supreme leader on Sunday refused U.S. assistance to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory that the virus could be man-made by America. A...
Mar 22, 2020
Strong earthquake shakes Croatia, damages buildings
ZAGREB, Croatia - A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic. Some casualties were reported. The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the ear...
Mar 22, 2020
City of Nanaimo close all playgrounds after public comments, concerns
NANAIMO - City officials have followed the lead of other municipalities in the region, along with pressure from Nanaimo residents and shut down playgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic.On Friday, Marc...
Mar 21, 2020 The City of Nanaimo has closed all playgrounds under its control as a measure to stop the transmission of COVID-19. (File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Raphael Lavoie signs entry-level three-year deal with Edmonton Oilers
EDMONTON - Raphael Lavoie signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. The 19-year-old Lavoie is in his fourth season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. H...
Mar 21, 2020
A look back at Olympics that never were: 1916, '40 and '44
With more and more calls to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak, it's worth noting that this every-four-years spectacle has been rocked before by traumatic events. Three ot...
Mar 21, 2020
Second Senators player tests positive for coronavirus
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators say another one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of known NHL cases to two. The team announced their second case in a...
Mar 21, 2020
Governments threaten fines, arrest, if orders to distance and isolate not followed
MONTREAL - After a week of strong urging from governments that people should keep apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19, provincial leaders - and their police forces - have stopped as...
Mar 21, 2020
Men's world hockey championships in Switzerland cancelled
Health concerns and travel bans closing international borders stemming from the new coronavirus pandemic left the International Ice Hockey Federation with no choice but to cancel the men's world hocke...
Mar 21, 2020