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Military has located wreckage of helicopter and remains in Mediterranean
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has located the remains of some of the military members who died last month when the helicopter they were in crashed in the Mediterranean. A Canadian search and reco...
May 27, 2020

Victim in police encounter had started new life in Minnesota
Before he died after being pinned for minutes beneath a Minneapolis police officer's knee, George Floyd was suffering the same fate as millions of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic: out of wor...
May 27, 2020

CFL informs member clubs its allowing limited access to team facilities
TORONTO - The CFL is allowing its teams to reopen their fitness facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league sent a memo to its member clubs Wednesday allowing local players to partic...
May 27, 2020

More health professionals to be involved in clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments
OTTAWA, ON- Health Canada announced another step to accelerate access to health products for COVID-19 treatments. To date, the agency has approved 37 clinical trials to treat the virus in the form of ...
May 27, 2020

Cheyenne Frontier Days cancelled for 1st time in 124 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been cancelled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city's mayor told The As...
May 27, 2020

More than half of national parks to reopen next week after COVID-19 closure
Parks Canada says some operations at national parks, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas will resume starting June 1. Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 na...
May 27, 2020

Alberta's auditor general reviewing COVID-19 response
EDMONTON, AB- Alberta's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is under the microscope.After receiving inquiries and questions from Alberta's MLAs and some Albertans expressed these concerns Auditor Genera...
May 27, 2020

Don't make Kovrig suffer over Meng, says detained Canadian's boss
OTTAWA - The boss of one of the two Canadians imprisoned in China says he doesn't want the People's Republic to subject them to repercussions because today's court ruling went against i...
May 27, 2020

Deaf, hard-of-hearing Canadians ask for greater support during COVID-19 pandemic
Members of Canada's deaf and hard-of-hearing communities say they are among the many disabled residents feeling shut out by various aspects of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They say many aspe...
May 27, 2020

LPS looking to identify suspects in "nearly two dozen cases" of mischief
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is asking for the public's help in finding a man believed to be responsible for a series of incidents of mischief and property damage."Over the past tw...
May 27, 2020