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NewsAlert: Manitoba says schools will resume classroom learning in September
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says most students are to be back in classrooms on Sept. 8, but there will be new guidelines to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. All students from kinderg...
Jul 30, 2020
A look at how provinces are planning for start of school year during pandemic
Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...
Jul 30, 2020
Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll
WASHINGTON - The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter and is still inflicting damage across the country, squeezing already struggli...
Jul 30, 2020
AstraZeneca: won't profit from COVID-19 vaccine in pandemic
LONDON - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca repeated its promise not to profit from a COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic as it reported it was on track with late-stage trials for the treatment. Such...
Jul 30, 2020
Ottawa imposes stricter rules for Americans travelling through Canada to Alaska
OTTAWA - The federal government is tightening the rules for non-essential American travellers passing through Canada en route to Alaska, in order to reduce the time spent in the country during th...
Jul 30, 2020
Judge grants bail to Calgary man facing terrorism charges
CALGARY - A judge has granted bail to a Calgary man facing four terrorism charges. The charges against Hussein Sobhe Borhot include participation in activity of a terrorism group and commiss...
Jul 30, 2020
Death of teenager on Piikani Nation believed to be a homicide
PIIKANI NATION, AB - Police are looking into the "suspicious" death of a local teenager who had previously been reported missing.Tregan Crow Eagle, 16, was last seen on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, and w...
Jul 30, 2020
Four major airports begin screening passengers for elevated temperatures
Four major Canadian airports will begin taking passengers' temperatures starting today as part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The federal government says temperature screening...
Jul 30, 2020
American who attacked N.S. women sentenced for fleeing to Canada in 1996
HALIFAX - A New York state judge has sentenced a man who committed violent sexual crimes in Nova Scotia to between two and six years of additional jail time for absconding fro...
Jul 30, 2020
3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta
ATLANTA - John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history...
Jul 30, 2020